Shares soar as Oprah buys 10% stake in Weight Watchers
The company's shares are up almost 48 percent in premarket trading on word of the deal.
View ArticleWhat makes Oprah think Weight Watchers will work this time?
Oprah Winfrey’s on a new diet — and this time, she’s buying in. The TV host and mogul announced Monday she’s purchased a 10 percent stake in Weight Watchers, joining its board of directors to help...
View ArticleWeight Watchers uses Oprah’s investment to help ease debt
Weight Watchers may help Oprah Winfrey lose weight, while her hefty investment works to shed debt from the diet giant, The Post has learned. The company in recent weeks has paid off most of the $144...
View ArticleOprah backing has Weight Watchers making big gains
Weight Watchers is enjoying a Big O moment — again. Oprah Winfrey’s bet on the struggling weight-loss company is having a halo effect even as it continues to shed subscribers. Weight Watchers’ shares...
View ArticleCan Oprah save Weight Watchers with new TV spot?
Oprah Winfrey is certainly no media lightweight — but give her time. The former talk show queen, who gave the embattled Weight Watchers diet company a shot in the arm in October when she bought a 10...
View ArticleOprah and Kirstie to see who will lose weight and actually stay skinny
A slimmed-down Kirstie Alley on Tuesday jumped into the $64 billion weight loss business, unveiling a TV ad for Jenny Craig. The move puts the former “Cheers” star head-to-head against former talk show...
View ArticleCustomer says Weight Watchers app is a huge mess
An angry Weight Watchers customer filed a major class-action lawsuit against the company, claiming its new digital-weight-loss program is a big fat mess. The suit was filed by Pennsylvania resident...
View ArticleWeight Watchers loses Oprah bump
Weight Watchers has lost its Oprah Winfrey bump. Shares of the New York diet company closed Thursday at $11.98 — well below the $13.92 price they enjoyed back in October after the TV star announced she...
View ArticleWeight Watchers stock soars as Oprah sheds pounds
Weight Watchers stock price is yo-yoing, just like the weight of its famous shareholder and pitchwoman, Oprah Winfrey. The media mogul tweeted on Tuesday that she’s lost 26 pounds since she’s been on...
View ArticleWeight Watchers stock surges thanks to study funded by company
Weight Watchers’ shares spiked 18 percent on Friday — and Oprah didn’t even open her mouth. The stock (symbol: WTW), which has yo-yoed like Oprah’s weight since the former talk show queen became a big...
View ArticleOprah loses $27M of her Weight Watchers gains
Oprah is the biggest loser. Weight Watchers International’s heaviest backer lost $27.5 million overnight after shareholders got their first look at the company’s performance since she took a 10 percent...
View ArticleOprah’s magic returns to Weight Watchers’ stock
Weight Watchers’ stock got a tad fatter Wednesday — but the portfolios of many investors who followed Oprah Winfrey into the company remain a little light. The company’s shares gained almost 13 percent...
View ArticleCity paying $6.6M for staffers to join Weight Watchers
They’re finally trimming the fat from city government. The city will shell out $6.6 million over the next three years so its employees can burn calories with Weight Watchers. Starting next month, about...
View ArticleBillionaire bets on America’s weight problem with Ashley Stewart acquisition
The billionaire backer behind Weight Watchers is betting even bigger on America’s obesity problem. Raymond Debanne, chief executive of The Invus Group, acquired plus-size retailer Ashley Stewart this...
View ArticleWhy I will never go back to Weight Watchers
When Sara Pereda, 35, lost 7 pounds on Weight Watchers in 2007, the Upper West Side woman thought she’d finally achieved a body she could be happy with. Instead, she felt tired and defeated, as she...
View ArticleWeight Watchers banks on Oprah to improve company’s figures
Oprah Winfrey has shed 30 pounds over the past year using Weight Watchers — and at the same time has fattened up the company’s shares. Winfrey, famous in the past for her yo-yoing weight, has spurred...
View ArticleOprah can now straddle Stedman ‘without breaking his back’
The OWN mogul has big plans for her partner of 30 years.
View Article‘Oprah Effect’ starting to wear thin at Weight Watchers
Oprah Winfrey has done all she can for Weight Watchers — now management has to step up its game. The diet company’s decision to launch an executive search after current Chief Executive James Chambers...
View ArticleOprah’s weight loss becomes Weight Watchers’ gain
Oprah Winfrey’s loss is Weight Watchers’ shareholders’ gain. That’s the pattern the New York business has followed over the past 14 months since the media mogul took a 10 percent stake in the weight...
View ArticleMarie Osmond takes shot at Oprah, Weight Watchers
Marie Osmond may have one-upped Oprah Winfrey in the battle of the bulge. The singer and Las Vegas performer — she stars in a show with her famous brother, Donnie, at the Flamingo — boasted on Tuesday...
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