Reading the tea leaves: What might federal legalization of marijuana look like? | Reuters

November 15, 2021 – It should come as no surprise that Americans’ attitudes toward cannabis, and cannabis legalization, have come a long way since President Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 into law. Support for full federal legalization is at an all-time high, with 60% of adults believing that marijuana should be […]

Outline of carbon markets deal emerges at U.N. climate summit | Reuters

The latest text would carry over any offsets registered since 2013. “Panama will not accept the proposed text in Article 6 as it currently stands,” Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez, lead negotiator for Panama, said. “It’s a strong text on double counting,” said Kelley Kizzier, a vice president at the Environmental Defense Fund, who has chaired […]

U.N. talks on carbon markets down to the wire with hopes for back room deal | Reuters

The latest draft for an Article 6 deal, published on Friday morning, showed little change on those three issues. “The text tends to get messier before it gets tidied up so it’s not surprising you don’t see a lot of movement,” said Kelley Kizzier, a vice president at the Environmental Defense Fund, who chaired the […]

Lin-Manuel Miranda launches film festival with directorial debut

LOS ANGELES, Nov 10 – “Hamilton” writer Lin-Manuel Miranda opened the American Film Institute’s festival on Wednesday with the premiere of his directorial debut, “Tick, Tick… I’ve always said ‘If they only let me make one movie’, I’m really glad it’s this one because I owe Jonathan Larson a debt I could never repay. Reuters, […]

Disney+ sees smallest subscriber growth since launch in battle with Netflix

Disney’s streaming media division, known as direct to consumer, continued to lose money as the company paid for new TV shows and movies, marketing and other costs. Overall, the media company posted diluted earnings per share of 37 cents, below analyst projections of 51 cents, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. Reuters, the news and […]

‘Squid Game’ director predicts second season of megahit TV show

“We are in the talks for Season Two,” writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk said in an interview on Monday. “I just can’t believe this is happening,” actor Lee said. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. …Read the full story

‘Fast money’ drives Bitcoin, ether to new record highs | Reuters

Other pieces of positive news have also helped, including plans by Grayscale, the world’s largest digital currency manager, to convert its flagship bitcoin trust into a spot-bitcoin exchange traded fund. “Crypto is where the fast money is at,” said Chris Weston, head of research at brokerage Pepperstone. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson […]

One year from Pfizer vaccine news, some unlikely market outcomes | Reuters

Pfizer-BioNTech’s news on Nov. Pfizer’s vaccine was seen bringing about a value revival, yet several waves of rotation from growth to value in the past year have proved short-lived. The year saw global stocks add nearly $16 trillion in market capitalisation but much was down to tech, possibly as reopenings – and economic recovery – […]

Bitcoin, ether scale new peaks as flows pour in to crypto | Reuters

Other pieces of positive news have also helped, including plans by Grayscale, the world’s largest digital currency manager, to convert its flagship bitcoin trust into a spot-bitcoin exchange traded fund. “Crypto is where the fast money is at,” said Chris Weston, head of research at brokerage Pepperstone. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson […]