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Aug 25
Canada study shows increase in cannabis poisoning in kids up to nine years old after legalization

Hospitalizations for cannabis poisoning of children zero to nine years old in Canada increased after adult use cannabis sales began in late 2018 and again after 2020 when edible cannabis products became legal in every province except Quebec, according to a study published Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine. During the roughly seven-year […]

Aug 25
Plug Power stock up 6% after Amazon.com hydrogen deal, investment

Shares of Plug Power Inc. PLUG, +7.85% rose 6% in morning trading Thursday after the hydrogen fuel-cell company announced a deal to supply Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.86% to provide liquid hydrogen to the retail giant starting in 2025. Plug Power and Amazon have had deals in place related to fuel cells used in forklifts at […]

Aug 25
US court gives Voyager green light to pay bonuses to key employees

Voyager Digital will pay $1.9 million in retention bonuses to key staff members to ensure the beleaguered cryptocurrency lender can continue operating through bankruptcy proceedings. 879 Total views 65 Total shares A New York bankruptcy court has given embattled cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital the green light to pay retention bonuses to key staff members. The […]

Aug 25
Gold futures up a third session in a row

Gold futures ended higher Thursday for a third session in a row, finding support as the U.S. dollar weakened and Treasury yields pulled back ahead of Federal Reserve Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole economic symposium Friday. Powell may provide clues on the plan for U.S. interest rates. December gold GCZ22, +0.43% climbed by […]

Aug 25
Alibaba among China stocks gaining after report details possible resolution to U.S.-China audit issue

U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies were heading sharply higher in Thursday morning trading after The Wall Street Journal reported that officials from the U.S. and China were near an agreement that would let U.S. accounting regulators go to Hong Kong in order to inspect the financial audit records of Chinese companies whose shares are listed […]

Aug 25
EIA reports a weekly rise of 60 billion cubic feet in U.S. natural-gas supplies

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Thursday that domestic natural-gas supplies rose by 60 billion cubic feet for the week ended Aug. 12. That compared to an average forecast for an increase of 51 billion cubic feet from analysts polled by S&P Global Commodity Insights. Total working gas stocks in storage stand at 2.579 […]