Craig Giammona
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New York, NY, United States
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U.S. Home-Price Growth Slowed Down Ever So Slightly in October
(Bloomberg) -- The growth in U.S. home prices cooled for a third straight month in October. A measure of home prices in 20 U.S. cities jumped 18.4%, down from 19.1% in September, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index showed Tuesday. Prices jumped 32% in Phoenix, according to the index. → Read More
Blackstone to buy Toronto's WPT Industrial in $3.1 billion deal
The REIT focuses on distribution and logistics properties, a hot commodity in commercial real estate → Read More
U.S. Mortgage Rates Slide to Lowest Level Since Early February
(Bloomberg) -- Mortgage rates in the U.S. dipped to the lowest level in almost six months. The average for a 30-year loan was 2.77%, down from 2.8% last week and the lowest since Feb. 11, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. → Read More
Low Rates Push Homebuilder Optimism to Highest Since 1998
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. homebuilders are riding a wave of optimism as record low mortgage rates drive demand for new homes. → Read More
Beer Pong Getting Sustainability Makeover with New Aluminum Cup
Beer pong may be getting more environmentally friendly. Ball Corp., the 139-year-old packaging company that has benefited as beverage companies shift away from plastic amid pollution backlash, is launching an aluminum cup. → Read More
Curaleaf drops the most this year after FDA targets its CBD products
Crackdown on companies that claim their products treat diseases without agency approval → Read More
U.S. bankers are answering the call of cannabis as deals flow away from Canada
Small investment banks run by Wall Street veterans are looking to snap up a piece of the action amid a surge in marijuana deals → Read More
U.S. cannabis leader Curaleaf surges on $875-million deal to buy Grassroots
With the purchase of Grassroots, Curaleaf will have more revenue than the world's most valuable cannabis company: Canada's Canopy Growth → Read More
‘My turn is over’: Canopy Growth’s high-profile co-CEO Bruce Linton ousted in surprise exit
Linton confirmed on CNBC that he knew his job was in danger when an emergency board meeting was called last week → Read More
Pepsi to Test Out Selling Water in Cans
The beverage giant will begin selling the cans next year, offering them to partners such as stadiums and restaurants, PepsiCo said on Thursday. The company also will try out the repackaged product at some retail stores. → Read More
Domino's brings self-driving pizza delivery pilot to Houston
There goes another high schooler's job: Domino's Pizza Inc. plans to test unmanned pizza delivery in Houston later this year. The chain, known as a technology leader in the restaurant industry, is teaming up with Nuro, a Bay Area robotics startup run by a pair of former Google employees. To start, Domino's will send food to customers from a single store in the Texas city using one of Nuro's… → Read More
Alkaline Water Is Booming and Big Soda Is Pouring In
Alkaline water is part of a tradition that dates back centuries: the search for better water. That used to mean healing springs and the Fountain of Youth. → Read More
Curaleaf bets on cannabis oil in biggest U.S. marijuana deal yet
Almost $1 billion deal latest in wave of consolidation that has hit the American pot industry in recent weeks → Read More
Pending merger with Canopy gives Acreage new clout to do more deals
Analyst says Canopy’s clout ‘should boost Acreage’s ability to consolidate the U.S. market’ that is estimated to be worth $22 billion by 2020 → Read More
Canopy Growth to buy U.S. pot company Acreage in $3.4 billion deal
New York-based Acreage boasts former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as directors → Read More
Canopy Growth to buy U.S. pot company Acreage in $3.4 billion deal
New York-based Acreage boasts former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as directors → Read More
Canopy Growth nears deal to acquire Acreage Holdings
The deal would be a major milestone for Canopy, the world’s largest cannabis company, and New York-based Acreage, which boasts former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as directors. → Read More
Hemp in, spinach out as investors throw money at newly legal CBD
Patrick Horsman’s small private equity firm chose to grow hemp when the anti-cannabis tide in Washington, D.C. shifted, with the 2018 Farm Bill decriminalizing both hemp and its trendy ingredient known as CBD. → Read More
The investor’s guide to Generation Z: How to cash in on the next big wave of spenders
They have spending power to the tune of US$143 billion in the U.S. alone → Read More
BlackRock funds invest in pot stock as legalized weed gains
Five actively managed BlackRock funds have become the largest institutional investor in Curaleaf Holdings Inc., the dispensary operator that plans to sell hemp-derived products in CVS Health Corp. stores. → Read More