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Feb 23, 2021, 08:30 ET Beyond Tobacco: TAAT Innovation Delivers New Smoking Alternative

An estimated 17% of the world, or 1.3 billion people, use tobacco, creating a global tobacco market that approached one trillion dollars in 2020....

Feb 16, 2021, 08:30 ET Essential E-Learning Ecosystems Move to the Head of the Class

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the trend toward digital online learning in both education and business was growing at a steady pace. As the...

Jan 28, 2021, 08:30 ET Trade Volume Explodes as Retail Traders Make Their Mark

Only three weeks into the new year, and stock trading volumes are "through the roof," reports a Jan. 22 CNBC article , titled "Trading Volume Is Up...

Jan 27, 2021, 08:30 ET Censorship and Data: The Stakes and Consequences Are Getting Serious

A recent Pew Research article pinpointed major concerns with social media platforms. "Americans have complicated feelings about their relationship...

Dec 17, 2020, 08:30 ET Artificial Intelligence, Contactless Solutions Set to Provide Safety Protocols to Enable Reopening of Live Events in 2021

COVID-19 has been a major driver behind explosive technological advances this year as companies have focused on doing what they do best — but even...

Dec 16, 2020, 08:30 ET Hope on the Horizon: Psychedelics Offer Potential for Transforming Mental Health Treatments

More than 700 million people worldwide are affected with some form of mental illness, addiction or eating disorder, representing about 13% of total...

Dec 16, 2020, 08:30 ET It's Elemental--Restoring the U.S. Rare Earth Element Supply Chain

The United States was once a thriving producer of rare earth elements (REEs), a group of 17 elements deemed critical to clean energy and modern...

Dec 15, 2020, 08:30 ET Loop Insights Achieves World Recognition After First-Ever Fully Integrated COVID-19 Testing, Tracing, Fan-Engagement Solution for NCAA

The COVID-19 pandemic has reached a benchmark in the United States, topping 15 million cases as the death count exceeds 285,000. The pandemic has...

Dec 10, 2020, 08:30 ET Increasing Acceptance Leads to Massive Opportunity for Smart Companies in CBD Space

CBD is now legal in all 50 states, and on election day this year, four states voted to legalize the recreational use of cannabis, bringing the total...

Dec 09, 2020, 08:30 ET Technology Essential Piece of Making the World Better, Safer

This year has been one marked by life-changing moments and experiences. From a global pandemic to nationwide public unrest, the world is witnessing...

Dec 08, 2020, 08:30 ET Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles Usher in New Era of Transportation

Lithium demand has soared with the advent of electric vehicles, as severe supply shortages pose a serious threat to the long-term sustainability of...

Dec 08, 2020, 08:30 ET National Brands Vie for CBD Dominance

On election day this year, four more states voted to legalize the recreational use of cannabis, bringing the total of states that now allow...

Dec 07, 2020, 08:30 ET Technology Answers Call for Greater Public Safety, Crime Prevention

From the coronavirus pandemic to nationwide public unrest, 2020 has been a year that has inspired re-imagining public safety as the country has...

Nov 19, 2020, 08:30 ET Companies Implement Strategic Steps Forward as Investors Turn to Gold Amid Economic Uncertainty

Amid a global pandemic and economic uncertainty, investors are increasingly turning to gold. A recent MagnifyMoney survey reported that about one in...

Nov 18, 2020, 08:30 ET Record Gold, Copper Prices Create Huge Opportunity for New Large-Scale Projects

The surge in the price of gold has been well documented this year. The precious metal closed above $2,000 an ounce earlier this year, leading experts ...

Nov 17, 2020, 08:30 ET Surging Demand for Gold Investment Opportunities Creates Rising Opportunity for Mining Companies

November Investors are flocking to gold, silver and other precious metals in record numbers. One firm, BullionVault, reports that in the past six...

Nov 12, 2020, 08:30 ET Savvy Companies Making Moves in Drug-Development Space

Drug development means big money these days as big pharma and life science companies work to discover treatments that make a difference in the world. ...

Nov 10, 2020, 08:30 ET On the Trail of Better Therapeutics for Depression

Big pharma and life science companies are making big news these days. The drug-development space is seeing strong investor interest as these...

Oct 22, 2020, 08:30 ET In Pursuit of the Elusive Drug -- the Billion-Dollar Blockbuster

Enormous amounts of money exchange hands in the big pharma space as companies merge and are acquired — all in search of the next blockbuster drug....

Oct 20, 2020, 08:30 ET Banking on the Next Blockbuster Drug

Pharmaceutical companies invest enormous amounts of time and money on the research and development of new drugs, typically years in the making and...

Oct 15, 2020, 08:30 ET SPACs Surge as Biotech Booms

As the world has focused on the search for COVID vaccines and therapeutics, biotech IPOs have quietly gone bonkers. As a matter of fact, 2020 is on...

Oct 14, 2020, 08:30 ET Multi-Billion-Dollar Market Forecast in Psychedelic Therapeutics

Compelling evidence of the therapeutic benefits of psychedelic drugs appears in multiple scientific studies. Several clinical trials are underway in...

Oct 13, 2020, 08:30 ET Blockbuster Year and Bright Horizons for SPACs

The year 2020 has already seen 127 SPAC IPOs, which have collectively raised over $48.5 billion in proceeds — more than the past ten years combined....

Oct 02, 2020, 08:30 ET Life-Saving Advancements, Treatments Delivered by Companies Invested in Innovation

Innovation and breakthroughs in the biotech industry are essential to identifying and providing life-saving treatments. Companies that invest...

Oct 01, 2020, 08:30 ET New Products, Programs in Smoking Cessation Sector Offer Hope, Support to Those Desperate to Quit

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world today. Globally, 7 million people die every year from tobacco use, and the number is...