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“While there were a lot of companies reporting earnings, like Turning Point Brands who gave guidance of $422 million for 2021, I thought the biggest piece of data came from Pennsylvania,” Debra Borchardt, editor-in-chief of Green Market Report, told Benzinga.

Meanwhile, the Swiss-American multinational Philip Morris International Inc.

On the policy front, U.S.

Texas continues to ease restrictions for its medical cannabis program.

Under this bill, the Department of State Health Services would add cancer, chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder to its list of qualifying conditions.

Back in March, the company first announced it has agreed to establish a 50/50 joint venture with the SAF Opportunities LP via a new corporation, SunStream Bancorp.

Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc.

is poised to keep track of regulatory updates related to Oregon’s Measure 109, as well as form a management team and develop a commercialization strategy.

“Irwin Simon was best known for creating a health-food giant before signing on to head ­Aphria, a cannabis company based in Canada, where recreational marijuana is legal.

Together, the companies will analyze the efficacy of CBDistillery’s product catalog in addressing symptoms of stress, sleep, physical pain/discomfort, and anxiety.

CanaQuest Medical Corp’s the efficacy compared to “Pharma Grade CBD” in preclinical trials undertaken by CanaQuest’s research partner in Ontario, Canada, Western University.

Evidence found that this formulation targeted a specific nuclear cellular receptor involved in anti-inflammatory mechanisms indicating that this formula may also treat inflammatory disorders,“ Western University neuroscientist Dr.

Abaca announced a partnership with Staley Technologies and CIMA with the goal of digitizing cash management.

“Abaca’s proud to offer a tech-forward solution to one of the last remaining analog aspects of the industry.

GCorp, a management and consulting services company founded by New York’s philanthropic Gilder Family, and Grow Industries Inc.

Grow Industries founder Jesse Elkins told Benzinga, “Our industry is rapidly expanding, which means that operators need to overcome unique barriers, such as limited resources, finite bandwidth capacity and a lack of topic experts across the value chain.

CEO Ankur Rungta explained, “With the Michigan adult-use market hitting record sales in March, we’re thrilled to now offer our curated selection of premium cannabis products at High Profile to recreational consumers in Grand Rapids, Kentwood and Wyoming.

Hewing lost his job and, because of his criminal record, for years struggled to find housing and a stable, well-paying career.

with a price tag of almost $400 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., recently trading near $350.Keith Lerner, chief market strategist at Truist Advisory Services, says Amazon.com’s potential inclusion would be more about prestige than anything else, considering the Dow is one of the most commonly quoted indexes.“Getting into the Dow is symbolic more than anything and it just shows you that you are a leading company on a global stage and a leader in your industry,” he said, adding that a split could make its shares more accessible to retail investors.Independent Advisor’s Zaccarelli agrees that should a potential split bring its per-share price down to between $100 and $300, it could make the stock more attractive to mom-and-pop investors.

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“The rapid rise in net equity issuance is another sign to us that this market cycle is happening at warp speed.”All this is a big reversal from the pre-pandemic era, when the number of stocks dropped year-on-year and staying-private was in vogue.That spurred fears the public market was losing its appeal as a pricing mechanism and gateway to raise capital — not to mention angst that Main Street was missing out on the spoils of American capitalism.The question now: Will money managers gobble up supply, or will corporate buybacks pick up the slack to fuel markets at records?On the latter, there’s good news for bulls with Alphabet Inc.

First-quarter results suggest that the Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate, whose dozens of operating businesses include the BNSF railroad and Geico auto insurance, may have experienced the worst effects of the pandemic, including the loss of tens of thousands of jobs.

“The process of writing helps me crystallize my thoughts about what’s interesting and what’s not interesting, what’s potentially strategic and what’s potentially risky about a particular sector.”One of Wilson’s earliest musings on cryptocurrency was in 2011, when he wrote that “an alternative currency with roots in peer to peer networks and based on an algorithm that is transparent to everyone is an idea whose time has come.” Union Square’s founding theory of seeking out emerging, fast-growing online communities has since evolved beyond original social media to include other blockchain and cryptocurrency startups like Stacks 2.0, an open network for decentralized apps and contracts on the blockchain, and even CryptoKitties, an Ethereum-based virtual game that allows players to adopt, raise, and trade virtual cats that kickstarted the craze for non-fungible tokens, or NFTs.Coinbase’s breakthrough listing was the buzziest investment in recent years for Wilson, whose enthusiasm has been more measured compared with crypto evangelists like investor Mike Novogratz or the Winklevoss brothers who started the Gemini digital asset exchange.In January 2018, Wilson wrote about locking in profits at a time when Bitcoin was taking off.

“It’s a very controllable number so if our performance weakens we can take it right down again,” he said.A review of the bank’s real estate needs as more staff work from home is due within months and could lead to onetime charges in future, finance director Tushar Morzaria told reporters.More ProvisionsBarclays also took a further 55 million-pound charge for doubtful loans, departing from British rivals including Lloyds Banking Group Plc and NatWest Group Plc who released provisions this week, but said impairment charges this year will be “materially below” 2020 as the pandemic starts to abate.

and stocks slumped.Despite buybacks that fell short of Buffett’s quarterly record, the billionaire investor has continued to go after Berkshire’s own stock since the end of March, with at least $1.25 billion of repurchases through April 22, according to the filing.Berkshire Class A shares climbed almost 11% in the first quarter, outpacing the 5.8% gain in the S&P 500 during the same time.Buffett, 90, will join his longtime business partner, Charlie Munger, 97, for Berkshire’s annual meeting Saturday.

On the other hand, the deal priced the same or slightly wider than some deals tied to higher-quality trophy towers, he added.Proceeds of the 555 California Street CMBS will fund improvements to the buildings and return about $617 million to the owners, according to a marketing document obtained by Bloomberg.“For a complex that couldn’t be sold last year, a large equity return is arguably the next best thing for the sponsor,” said Christopher Sullivan, chief investment officer at the United Nations Federal Credit Union.

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