Muscle Flex Inc. announced today that it has engaged Hollywood heavy weight public relations firm, TLK Fusion Entertainment, to promote the company and its colorful spokesperson and CEO, Danny Alex, through nationally based media, promotions and entertainment television and broadcast programs. TLK Fusion’s powerful relationships in the entertainment industry will position the company side by side with Hollywood’s elite power companies and individuals.

TLK Fusion Entertainment will be working with Muscle Flex on an ongoing North American marketing and promotions campaign as well as offer consulting services to transcend Muscle Flex to a very prominent level. TLK Fusion is developing a 360 degree marketing plan, including public relations, nationwide promotions, charitable alignments and strategic partnerships. As one of Hollywood’s most influential public relations firms, TLK Fusion presides over intimate relationships with some of North America’s most prominent media, television and online

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Ecologix Resource Group, Inc. is a natural resource company focused on the timber industry and production of alternative energy solutions. The company manages a tropical hardwood forest in Cameroon, Africa. They grow and harvest trees for the use of lumber and other fine wood products. Trading on the OTC Bulletin Board, Ecologix Resource Group, Inc. has their corporate headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.

Cameroon has extensive tropical timber. The country has approximately 21,245,000 hectares of forest coverage area. This includes a significant amount of commercial tree species. These species represent 75 percent of Cameroon’s timber production. Ecologix is also currently managing approximately 50,000 acres of rainforest outside the port city of Douala.

Ecologix has collaborated with the local tribe council and the central government of Cameroon to acquire concessions that already contain the richest types of hardwood in the world. The company can supply timber to the local market and export products

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Excessive Executive Compensation: When is Too Much, Too Much?

by Dr. Scott Brown, Education Director, Investment U

With every disclosure I receive on executive compensation coming out of failing and defunct firms it makes me sick - as an investor and citizen alike. And I’m not the only one…

Many Americans have been outraged as the CEOs and other executives responsible for the financial crisis have pocketed millions of dollars in bonuses and golden parachutes.

And rightfully so.

The recent bailouts of banks, automakers and insurance companies has brought excessive executive compensation into the public eye. And the numbers are staggering.

According to The Corporate Library, in 2008 the CEO of an S&P 500 company received an average compensation of $10.4 million. During that time the S&P 500 lost almost 40% of its value. Yet despite these declines, CEO perks grew in 2008 to an average of $336,248 - a full nine times the ...

Despite what you might be hearing about a global recession, consumer capitalism is alive and well in China. And it’s still fueling growth. Take a stroll through Beijing’s trendy Wangfujing area, a quick walk south of Tiananmen Square or the six-story Shin Kong Place in Beijing’s Dawanglu area, and you’ll find more than 100 top international designer brands on sale, including Prada, Gucci, Bvlgari, Dolce & Gabbana, and others. While you’re on the prowl, don’t forget Xidan Market, which the locals prefer. It’s also bursting at the seams from countless stores, fashionable-clothing shops and, of course, the ubiquitous and ever-present Starbucks (SBUX). In contrast to other global markets, like the Ginza, Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive or London’s Oxford Street, for example, where a heavy silence hangs over the once-bustling ...

The ‘Big Three’ automakers in Detroit are begging for a government rescue. Adam Lass says these companies are just too risky to raise capital themselves. A bailout may be coming, but shareholders won’t be saved. That’s why Adam says investors should short GM (NYSE:GM) and Ford (NYSE:F).

This from Taipan Daily:

Last week, I wrote to you as to how our local hausfraus had found a convenient way to raise funds without the trouble of visiting such sordid places as pawnshops. Their solution: gold-selling parties wherein nice men would come to the house and relieve them of their excess jewelry.

Apparently the need to convert baubles to dollars is not limited to the Maryland upper middle class these days. According to Bloomberg, the pawn business is booming in, of all places, Beverly Hills. Except, as usual, Cali has to do poor Maryland

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Trading on the OTCBB, Vortex Resources Corporation is an emerging natural resources company. Their focus is on the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and minerals. With current operations in West Texas, the Company’s objective is to find, acquire, and develop natural resources at the lowest cost possible. They then look to recycle their cash flows into new projects that yield high returns with controlled risk.

Vortex Resources Corporation has their corporate headquarters in Beverly Hills, California. They are currently active in Crockett County, Texas. They are proceeding there with their 180-well infill-drilling program in Adams-Baggett field to produce natural gas from Wolfcamp Canyon Sandstone reservoir. The drilling program will also target deeper Canyon Sandstone, Strawn, and Ellenburger sites.

Vortex’s mineral interests consist of a chromium mineral lease in southern Turkey. The estimated apparent reserves in this location are 135,000 tons with an equal amount of probable reserves.

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