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Last week, a graphic designer shared a link to a post titled “How Sophisticated Branding Aims to Make You Rethink Cannabis” with Benzinga. The article, published on Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE)’s creative community/blog "99U" explained how distinct branding was...

Shares of Arconic Inc (NYSE: ARNC) plunged 6 percent after the company said it was pulling its facade material — used as cladding for the London high-rise fire that killed at least 79 people earlier this month — off the global market. Arconic, which was spun off from Alcoa Corp (NYSE:...

Putting a price on planet damage isn’t always easy, but a pair of new reports together peg the value of the Earth’s major coral reef systems at upward of $1 trillion, with the endangered Great Barrier Reef alone worth about $42 billion. The reports, one by the United Nations Educational...

After reports surfaced earlier this month that President Donald Trump is considering covering his proposed border wall with Mexico in solar panels, solar investors finally got to hear the words right from the horse’s mouth this week. On June 21, Trump told supporters in Iowa that a “...

A scandal involving spoiled meat from Brazil has prompted the United States to finally join other nations in banning imports from the country, where food inspectors were purportedly bribed to turn a blind eye to bad beef. The ban was announced Thursday by U.S. Agriculture Sonny Perdue, an appointee...

The exchange-traded fund landscape is home to increasing number of funds that adhere to environmental, social and governance themes. That includes some ETFs rooted in religion, such as the Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF (NASDAQ: CATH). The Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values Index ETF...

Wedbush's senior tech analyst Aaron Turner thinks Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s next takeover target should be GrubHub Inc (NYSE: GRUB), a platform that delivers food made by restaurants to customers. Needless to say, Amazon has the necessary resources to invest in multiple initiatives...

Heading into Monday's trading session, many investors were concerned that the rally in tech stocks had not only come to a sudden end, but a sell-off is underway. But after one of the best trading-day performances in month on Monday, some analysts are convinced the tech rally is back and here to...

Meal-delivery service Blue Apron has announced its IPO and is expected to raise $586.5 million, according to its S-1 filing with the SEC Monday. The IPO is estimated to be priced in the $15–$17 range and will value the company close to $3 billion. Founded in 2012, Blue Apron has since...

The house doesn’t always win, at least according to Morgan Stanley analyst Thomas Allen. Allen downgraded Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) from Overweight to Equal Weight, but raised its price target from $23 to $26. Boyd shares are up 26 percent this year, and is ahead of consensus for...

There are many instances when the fate of a product is decided by reviews posted online by users or the number of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) likes, Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) followers and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s YouTube video views. However, do these metrics really reflect the...

Jeff Bezos is looking to put his $84.9 billion to good use. Request for ideas… pic.twitter.com/j6D68mhseL — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) June 15, 2017 The polymath owner of the Washington Post and CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Blue Origin tweeted Thursday a request for...

When Hurricane Sandy tore through the northeast in 2012, it left behind an estimated $72 billion in damages. New York, alone, took a $33 billion economic hit forged by a two-day Wall Street shutdown, loss of 265,000 business properties and 2.2 million power outages. This year, forecasters predict...

For more than 80 years now, underground weed producers have recurred to brokers to orchestrate sales, in an effort to minimize their exposure. Not being involved with the buyer seems to be the preferred strategy when conducting an illegal transaction. Interestingly, cannabis legalization has not...

Air travel is amazing: Being able to get across the globe in just a few hours is mind-blowing. Right? However, frequent travelers and occasional flyers can agree on the fact that there are a few very frustrating things involved in air travel. As the most recent scandals involving United Continental...