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How Scotts Miracle-Gro Grew From A Grass Seed Supplier In Ohio To A Cannabis Giant With More Fields Yet To Till
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 - 5:37pm | 651CNN’s business section took a deep dive into one of the oldest companies in the U.S.: Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG), which as we know has taken its own deep dive into the cannabis industry while keeping the rest of us supplied with what we need to keep our own spring gardens...
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U.S. Cannabis Industry is 'Flourishing' In Spite Of (Or Because Of?) General Economic Downturn
Friday, October 29, 2021 - 10:04am | 719While the cannabis industry is known for offering investors its own mixture of tricks and treats, a new report by CNN Business is expressing new hope for the cannabis sector. “Despite a global pandemic, discombobulated supply chains, ballooning inflation and an ongoing fight to...
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Rhode Island Coalition Struggles To Create One Of The Most Progressive Equity-Focused Cannabis Programs In The Country
Monday, June 7, 2021 - 12:02pm | 808As federal cannabis legalization appears to be inevitable, two questions are often asked – when and how? The latter referring to how legal cannabis will be regulated. While more and more states vote or legislatively choose to legalize medical or adult-use cannabis, ...
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White House Partners With IBM To Create Supercomputer Power To Combat COVID-19
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 8:51am | 400IBM (NYSE: IBM), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet's Google and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) teamed up with White House to provide research assistance for combating the coronavirus. What Happened On Sunday evening, President Donald Trump announced that the federal government in alliance with...
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As Wendy's Launches Breakfast, McDonald's Declares Monday 'National Egg McMuffin Day'
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 11:32am | 461Coinciding with Wendys Co's (NASDAQ: WEN) national breakfast launch Monday morning, rival fast food chain Mcdonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) is offering all customers a free Egg McMuffin sandwich. McDonald's, Wendys In Breakfast Battle McDonald's is declaring March 2 as "...
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Cannabis 2.0: The Companies Entering Canada's New Edible, Concentrate, Topical Market
Friday, November 8, 2019 - 4:07pm | 1710One year after the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada, the country is preparing for "Cannabis 2.0." The second phase of legalization will bring three new classes of cannabis to dispensary shelves: edibles, concentrates and topicals. Cannabis 2.0 Sales...
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Overstock CEO Says Company's Retail Business Has Multiple Suitors
Friday, June 21, 2019 - 11:47am | 202Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK)'s efforts to sell its retail business have intensified, said CEO Patrick Byrne, according to CNN Business. "Two very attractive acquirers that I would have put high up on my list have shown up," Byrne told CNN Thursday at the...
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Kraft Heinz Shares Plummet: What You Need To Know
Friday, February 22, 2019 - 10:20am | 408Shares of food company Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ: KHC) were trading lower by 25 percent early Friday in reaction to a concerning earnings report, dividend reduction and disclosure of a SEC investigation. What Happened Kraft Heinz said after the close Thursday that it earned 84 cents per...
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Amazon's Bezos Accuses National Enquirer Of Extortion: 'I've Decided To Publish Exactly What They Sent Me'
Friday, February 8, 2019 - 10:40am | 556Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) were trading lower by nearly 2 percent after the open Friday, partly due to a potentially distracting scandal involving CEO Jeff Bezos. What Happened The National Enquirer tabloid published an expose on Bezos' divorce with his wife MacKenzie in early...