Illinois cannabis sales bring in $3.2 million on day one
Illinois’ first day of legal recreational cannabis translated to a good chunk of green — nearly $3.2 million in sales. The state’s…
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Hong Kong protest fallout hits HSBC and the London Stock Exchange
Two of the United Kingdom’s leading financial institutions are being caught up in the political fallout from months of pro-democracy protests…
Continue Reading The Dow kicks off the new year with a record high
US stocks kicked the new decade off with fresh all-time highs. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite all reached record highs on Thursday. Happy…
Continue Reading A fake Twitter account stirred tensions between Jews and African Americans. Trolls celebrated.
Trolls on the online forum 4chan celebrated on New Year’s Day as a fake Twitter account seeking to stoke tensions between Jewish and black…
Continue Reading Watch what SpaceX’s first-ever astronaut launch will look like
NASA has spent nearly a decade without a US-made spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts to space. SpaceX wants to make it clear that’s about…
Continue Reading Apple patents surround sound-like technology for a MacBook
Apple won a patent for making the acoustics coming from a MacBook sound far away. It’s an idea that could make watching movies, TV shows or…
Continue Reading iMessage from a PC? Yup. If you have a Dell
A new Dell feature means iPhone users won’t have to look away from their computer screens in the middle of work (or of a heated solitaire game)…
Continue Reading Japan tries to solve the mystery of Carlos Ghosn’s audacious escape
Japanese authorities have raided the house where fugitive auto executive Carlos Ghosn was staying before he arranged his escape to Lebanon earlier…
Continue Reading Google’s AI system can beat doctors at detecting breast cancer
Google says it has developed an artificial intelligence system that can detect the presence of breast cancer more accurately than doctors. A study…
Continue Reading China flexes its economic and political muscle
Happy Thursday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right…
Continue Reading 2020: The year human spaceflight returns to the United States (maybe)
It’s an often-lamented fact in the space community: Since NASA retired its Space Shuttle program nine years ago, the public lost some of its…
Continue Reading American Girl releases its first doll with hearing loss
American Girl is ringing in the new year by unveiling its first doll with hearing loss. The doll is the American Girl of the Year. The popular doll…
Continue Reading Greggs beefs up its vegan range with launch of meat-free steak bake
Last year, a vegan sausage roll brought Britain to a standstill. Now it’s time for the encore. In what is quickly emerging as something of a…
Continue Reading Months after failed lunar landing, India reveals plan for third moon mission
India has announced it will make another attempt to land on the moon, following a mission that ended in failure last year. At a news conference…
Continue Reading ‘Tune out the noise,’ plus other New Year’s resolutions from media and tech executives
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. I asked titans of…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos is still the richest person in the world
Jeff Bezos is still the richest person in the world, even after losing $10 billion in one year. The Amazon founder held onto the top spot in the…
Continue Reading Alex Jones and Infowars ordered to pay $100,000 in fees for Sandy Hook case
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Free Speech Systems, the parent company of his fringe right-wing website Infowars, must pay about $100,000 in his…
Continue Reading The auto industry won’t ever be the same after a tumultuous 2019
The auto industry hasn’t had a year like 2019 in quite some time, if ever. Mergers. Alliances. Plant closings. The longest, largest strike in…
Continue Reading Stocks ended the decade with a bang
US stocks finished off the year — and the decade — on a high note. 2019 was the second best year of the decade for stocks, thanks to…
Continue Reading Microsoft takes away 50 websites from a North Korean hacking group
Microsoft has been granted a court order to take over 50 websites it alleges were used by a North Korean hacking group to steal “highly…
Continue Reading Carlos Ghosn’s signature auto alliance has struggled since his arrest
The alliance between three automakers created by Carlos Ghosn, the former auto industry bigwig who just fled Japan in advance of a scheduled trial,…
Continue Reading How did Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan without any of his three passports?
Carlos Ghosn was once feted in Japan as a titan of the auto industry, the charismatic boss of emblematic automakers Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. If…
Continue Reading What 2020 could bring for the stock market
2019 was a heck of a year for US stocks, but can the market keep soaring in 2020? Stocks face several obstacles to growth in the new year: The…
Continue Reading Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief of Knopf, dies at 77
Book publishing legend Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief of Knopf and chairman of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, has died at the age of 77. Knopf…
Continue Reading What we don’t know about Carlos Ghosn’s dramatic escape from Japan
Former Nissan and Renault chief Carlos Ghosn has fled Japan, where he was awaiting trial on alleged financial crimes. His destination: Lebanon.…
Continue Reading Cannabis industry growing pains lead MedMen to ditch Arizona
MedMen Enterprises is continuing to slim down following an acquisition binge and industry downturn that left the cannabis retailer’s finances…
Continue Reading Here’s where to get your Instagram top 9 and what they do with your information
It’s exactly what it sounds like. Your Instagram top nine is — you guessed it — your nine most-liked and engaged-with posts of the…
Continue Reading Ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has fled Japan for Lebanon
Carlos Ghosn has arrived in Lebanon after fleeing Japan, where he faced charges of financial wrongdoing, in a dramatic escape from what the former…
Continue Reading Ford says reservations for its First Edition electric Mustang are full
Ford is no longer taking orders for the First Edition version of its new electric Mustang, the Mach-E. The company will still be taking pre-orders…
Continue Reading Uber and Postmates sue California to block gig economy law
Uber and Postmates are suing California over its controversial law to require that many so-called “gig workers” be considered employees…
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