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The Euro 2020 is set to begin June 11 with the Group Stage and run through July 11. The games will be aired on ESPN and EPSN+, both units of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). Ahead of the quadrennial soccer tournament featuring the top teams in Europe, Benzinga is providing group betting...

Cryptocurrency investors with Dogecoin (DOGE) to spare can now spend some of their Shiba Inu-themed coins to purchase luxury condos in Portugal, according to reports. What Happened: Over the counter or OTC liquidity provider FNTX Capital Suisse has partnered with 355 Developments, a Portugal-based...

Cannabis company Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) is poised to enter the Portugal market. The Nanaimo, British Columbia-headquartered company has received all regulatory and market approvals to offer its medical cannabis products to consumers in the South European country. Tilray said it would...

Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) said Wednesday it signed an agreement with Pharma GmbH (Cannamedical) through its subsidiary Tilray Portugal Unipessoal Lda. for the purpose of exporting $3.3 million worth medical cannabis from Portugal to Germany this fall. The initial shipment is going to be the...

Tilray Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY) has expanded its outdoor medical cannabis growing capacity by adding 20 additional hectares to its Alentejo, Portugal campus. The additional land aims to expand the cultivation site, which already has 6,500 square meters of outdoor growing space, in addition to five...

Aurora Cannabis Inc (NYSE: ACB) is strengthening its overseas presence. One of the largest Canadian cannabis producers said it will acquire a majority stake in Portuguese company that is in the process of obtaining a license in the European country. What Happened Aurora said it will...

The Global X FTSE Portugal 20 ETF (NYSE: PGAL), the lone exchange-traded fund dedicated to Portuguese stocks, is down four percent year-to-date. While that performance puts PGAL ahead of some well-known broad eurozone ETFs, the Portugal ETF could be doing better. Struggling Financials Weighing On...

On a year-to-date basis, the Global X MSCI Greece ETF (Global X Funds (NYSE: GREK)) is the only single-country exchange-traded fund tracking a PIIGS economy that is trending upward. Then again, none of those ETFs have been nearly has bad as the iShares MSCI Italy Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWI). The...

In a new report, HSBC analyst Fredrik Nerbrand named the firm’s top 10 market risks for 2016. Here’s a breakdown of the list. 2016's Top 10 Risks 1. U.S. Capex Recovery In this scenario, U.S. labor markets will continue to improve leading to strong profits, higher capital spending, wage...

There are still pockets of weakness among the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain), the countries previously and some still known as Europe's problem children, but investors should not outright shun opportunity with the PIIGS. These Little PIIGS Went To Market Entering Tuesday,...

Data out Wednesday confirmed what many have been fearing; the eurozone slipped into a period of deflation in December. The report showed that consumer prices in the bloc fell 0.2 percent from a year earlier, a worrying sign that the region’s financial troubles may continue to worsen. If...

This piece contains the opinions of Marketfy Maven Ron Insana that do not reflect the opinions of Benzinga.com. I think it's time for a new word to describe what is going on in the global economy, outside the United States. I call it "deflationcy," the complacency surrounding the...

So far at least, the New Year has been anything but happy for stock market investors. In short, traders have ignored the traditional seasonal pattern and have instead focused on the negative. So, the worries are back. Greece is back. And after Monday, some fear appears to be back at the corner...

The PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have been out of the headlines for a few years as the economy in Europe was able to stage off a collapse of the European Union. This week's flashbacks to the financial crisis started to occur when Greek stocks fell by over 12 percent on...

ETF Outlook for Thursday, July 31, 2014 Stocks finished an up and down session yesterday virtually unchanged, as investors had lots of economic news to digest. First GDP for the second quarter came in much better than expected, helping push stocks higher. Then the ADP jobs report was not as...