A beekeeper has trained a hive of "canna-bees" to produce honey from weed, it has been claimed.
A Frenchman using the pseudonym Nicolas Trainerbees has become a viral sensation after posting a video which allegedly shows his bees feasting on marijuana flowers.
Read more... http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/canna-bees-trained-produce-honey-7491696
Yes, the news that Roger Ailes was stepping down from his post at the top of Fox News just two weeks after being sued for sexual harassment is a sign that the business world will no longer tolerate "loutish" behavior by top male executives.
When it comes to bond yields in Europe, it seems there is no such thing as too low.
Germany on Wednesday became the first country in the eurozone to sell 10-year debt with a negative yield at an auction, effectively ensuring that investors lose money over the life of the bond.
Read more... http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/business/dealbook/germany-bonds-negative-yield.html?_r=0&referer=http://lnkd.in/
Dividends are all the rage with investors. But some companies are so eager to hand them out, they're paying dividends that are even bigger than their profit.
There are 42 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500, including computer storage company Seagate Technology (STX), earth moving equipment maker Caterpillar (CAT) and energy pipeline company Kinder Morgan (KMI) that are digging really deep to keep investors happy with their dividends, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Global Capital Markets. These companies have paid dividends the past 12 months that exceed their reported net income.
Read more... http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/07/07/these-companies-pay-out-more-than-they-earn/86778320/
"The red dragon ain't no evil," raps Chuckie, referring to his native China, "but a beautiful place." To scenes of cuddly pandas, spewing smokestacks and goose-stepping soldiers holding aloft a Chinese flag, the English-language music video for "This Is China" begins with a mission to "restore the impression you have of my country, China, which have been [sic] exactly fabricated by media for such a long time."
Read more... http://time.com/4388991/china-rap-propaganda-cd-rev/
Specialty drugmaker Insys Therapeutics (INSY) popped Tuesday after the FDA approved its cannabis-derived drug for AIDS-related weight loss and nausea induced by chemotherapy.
Read more... http://www.investors.com/news/technology/insys-stock-jumps-as-fda-approves-appetite-boosting-cannabis-drug/
The newly widened Panama Canal could rewrite how fuel extracted in the US traverses the globe.
The canal expansion opened on June 26 with a third lane that accommodates big ships such as liquified natural gas (LNG) ships, 90 percent of which may now travel across the canal, including those that hold as much as 3.9 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of fuel, according to a report from the US Energy Information Administration released June 30.
Read more... http://m.csmonitor.com/Business/2016/0703/The-new-and-improved-Panama-Canal-How-will-it-affect-US-businesses
