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Majority Of Texans Support Recreational Marijuana Legalization: Prohibition Doesn't Work, They Say
Monday, August 15, 2022 - 11:09am | 726The majority of Texans support legalization of adult-use marijuana, according to a new Dallas Morning News-University of Texas at Tyler poll. Of those surveyed, 55% said they either support or strongly support legalization, reported MSN. What about medical marijuana? You...
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Federal Cannabis Prohibition Has Failed, Sen. Booker Says During Senate Hearing
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - 8:36am | 973The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, chaired by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), held a hearing on Tuesday titled “Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level: Necessary Steps to Address Past Harms.” The meeting came on the heels of last week’s presentation...
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North Dakota Marijuana Ballot Petition Turned In, Alabama Heats Up On Medical Program & More Cannabis Reg. Updates
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 - 9:57am | 1072North Dakota marijuana activists managed to gather enough signatures to submit a petition for placing recreational cannabis legalization on the ballot scheduled for November. The group had a task of submitting 15,582 valid signatures, or 2% of the state’s population,...
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Media Network And Data Platform Benzinga Announces Global Fintech Awards Featuring Leading Disruptive Innovations In Finance
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 3:20pm | 430Detroit, MI, June 19, 2020 -- Benzinga, a leading news and data platform, announced it will be holding its annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, a day of dealmaking, networking, and recognition in the financial technology space, on November 10, 2020, at New York, NY. The event will recognize...
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Market Wrap For April 25: Markets Finish The Week In Negative Territory
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 4:44pm | 2200U.S. stocks declined as investors continue to follow the increasing tense situation in Ukraine as the markets pause for the weekend. Ukraine forces reportedly killed up to five pro-Russia rebels as the Russian military continues to conduct drills close to the Ukraine border. Additionally,...
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March Madness' Top Corporate Seeds
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 4:14pm | 719As March Madness fires up this week, office managers all over the country will on guard, to catch employees watching NCAA games or checking their brackets instead of doing their jobs. Lost productivity at basketball tournament time could cost companies up to $1.2 billion, according to...
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Aereo TV Expanding to Detroit Amid Controversy
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 1:23pm | 538The Aereo TV streaming service on October 28 will be expanding to the Detroit area. This includes nine counties and over 4.2 million homes. Residents who pre-register at Aereo.com will receive priority access to sign up. "Across the country, the message from consumers is clear: they want more...
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Four Shakeups in the Financial Media Space
Sunday, October 13, 2013 - 6:39pm | 101From the expected to the surprising, the financial media space is constantly in flux. With the growth of competition among television and Internet, more opportunities arise. Are media powerhouses like CNBC losing ground to the ever-fledgling world of online media? Sometimes, opportunities dwindle...
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Kevin Krim Quits Bloomberg.com; Maybe He'd Like to Work for Benzinga Instead?
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 1:02pm | 330The former Yahoo! VP of Product and Strategy is moving on. According to Business Insider, Kevin Krim was hired to save Bloomberg.com. Last December, he told Benzinga's own Jason Raznick about the progress that had been made. “We, according to comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), have over 20 million unique...
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Building A Dynasty With Bloomberg's Kevin Krim
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 1:04pm | 665With BusinessWeek.com now a part of Bloomberg's web properties, the organization has become the fourth largest network of business, financial, news and data sites. “We, according to comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), have over 20 million unique visitors a month, which puts us right behind the big two portals...