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What factors do investors weight up when deciding to put money into a startup? New research shows fear of missing out is a key motivators for investors to invest early to startups with a disruptive vision. But how much they give depends on other risks.
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For years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been given the discretion to question Canadians entering the U.S. about their marijuana use. Now, cannabis legalization in Canada, the U.S. is focusing on the whole industry, including investors.
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The past seven days saw some truly massive funding rounds across all sectors. From a new way to sell property to an insurtech startup, here are three big winners from this week.
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A Silicon Valley startup has devised an ingenious way of sending rockets into space. Dubbed SpinLaunch, the company wants to blast tiny payloads into orbit atop miniature rockets.
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Aurora Cannabis has been on a buying spree. With its recent acquisition of MedReleaf, Aurora is now the largest marijuana company in the world. But its rapid growth and non-stop acquisitions are raising red flags for investors.
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Kinder Morgan Limited (KML) on Sunday suspended all non-essential activities and related spending on its $7.4 billion oil pipeline expansion project in the face of mounting legal challenges from British Columbia.
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The Trump administration heralded the government’s sale last month of U.S. drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico as the "largest in US history" and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke called it a "bellwether" for America's offshore energy future.
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Canada's oil and gas producers are between a rock and a hard place - even though prospects are looking brighter for the sector as commodity price increases drive higher profits. But investors continue to shy away from Canadian energy stocks.
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By AFP
Much of China's stock trading is conducted remotely via high-tech systems in banks and brokerages or on mobile phones, but the country's masses of mom-and-pop investors still cling to older ways.
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Toronto -
Canadian marijuana producer Aurora Cannabis Inc. agreed to acquire CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. in a sweetened C$1.1 billion ($852 million) cash-and-stock deal, creating the world’s largest marijuana producer by market value.
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Oil prices started the week just below $70 on Monday, pressured by a rising U.S. rig count, even as the price of crude continues to hover near record three-year highs.
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President Trump's plan to cut corporate taxes will only add more fuel to the rally in the shares of automation companies on Wall Street, according to fund managers.
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Extreme weather events not only disrupt the economy but have a major impact on the operating and financial performance of businesses worldwide. However, risk management and disclosure of climate risks can only take place when the risks are defined.
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The decision to carry on with construction of the Keystone XL pipeline is still up in the air, according to TransCanada, the company behind the pipeline.
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The deadline has passed for public input into the methane emissions rules proposed by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). A number of organizations and investors have urged the ECCC to address critical weaknesses in the regulations.
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Continued worries over a global oversupply have knocked about 10 percent off U.S. crude futures this year, even though a deal had been reached with OPEC to curb production. But that hasn't stopped U.S. shale firms from pumping even more oil.
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Production rose again in the Permian Basin in May this year. And while not a surprise, some investors are pulling away from the boom, fearful that shale will become a victim of its own success.
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Institutional investors, as well as major Canadian pension funds and private equity firms, have begun talks with Kinder-Morgan as the company tries to raise the $5.2 billion for the expansion of its Trans Mountain Pipeline project.
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Snapchat is trying to convince potential investors that one day it will become the next Facebook and it will be as popular as the social networking site.
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The past year has been rough for the oil industry. That’s especially the case for American natural gas (shale) providers. While the S&P 500 is flat on the year to date, natural gas companies are faced with big losses in light of low oil prices.
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Over $386 million has allegedly been stolen by Hong Kong-based Bitcoin exchange MyCoin as it closed down this week, leading to claims that the company is withdrawing funds owed to over 3,000 investors.
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Mobile transactions firm Freecharge has raised $80 million from new investors to help fuel its growth. The company enables users to get free rewards such as food or entertainment by simply paying phone bills through its mobile app.
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Orlando -
Hedge fund investors in Darden Restaurants objected Friday to a proposed deal to sell the Red Lobster restaurant chain to an investment group.
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Singapore-based companies are seeing a huge surge in purchases of public businesses as take-private transactions have hit a record $7.94 billion in the four months to April 2014.
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By AFP
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India's currency hit its strongest level in 2014 on Tuesday as hopes grew that a stable and business-friendly government would soon be elected, prompting foreign money to flow into markets.The currency has gained more than two percent since the start o...
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By Reuters
Warren Buffett is seeking to reassure shareholders about how his Berkshire Hathaway Inc <BRKa.N> will perform in the decades after he steps down or dies, but remains as vague as ever ...
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By Reuters
Dubai-based satellite communications company Thuraya is looking for partners to continue its expansion after its strategy of targeting the mobile phone sector helped to boost revenue by 15 percent last yea...
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After the company issued its first earnings report on Wednesday, coming off a record high quarter and announcing new features on the horizon, financial analysts remain split on Twitter's value.
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For the first time in 75 years, foreign investors will be allowed to join with Pemex, Mexico's state-run energy giant, to explore and extract oil and gas, taking a share of the profits, as well. With the opening of relations with Russia, is this all?
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