One of the most exciting things about the marijuana revolution we're witnessing is the swift advancement in technology.When I was in college, smoking pot meant packing bud into a glass bowl, or a bong, or rolling it into a joint. It was grown in basements and closets by amateurs.Those things are still going on today, of course... But they're also rapidly being replaced.Vaporizers, which create les...Read More
People often tell themselves that they will start their new diet, new exercise regime, or their new life, tomorrow. Either they are too stressed with stuff today, or need one last day to relax before permanently making the change. Then tomorrow comes, and the cycle repeats. What is happening in cases such as these is referred to in philosophy as a conflict of volitions. Harry Frankfurt, a philosop...Read More
People often tell themselves that they will start their new diet, new exercise regime, or their new life, tomorrow. Either they are too stressed with stuff today, or need one last day to relax before permanently making the change. Then tomorrow comes, and the cycle repeats. What is happening in cases such as these is referred to in philosophy as a conflict of volitions. Harry Frankfurt, a philosop...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1326.30-$7.10Silver$16.39+$0.08XAU81.47+0.77%HUI176.34+0.66%GDM612.19+0.36%JSE Gold1085.57-7.48USD90.48+0.35Euro122.38-0.48Yen93.10-0.57Oil$63.54+$0.1710-Year2.836%+0.030T-Bond144.84375-0.875Dow24505.22+0.99%Nasdaq7076.55+0.46%S&P2662.84+0.69% The Metals: Gold fell $10.60 to $1322.80 at about 9:30AM EST before it bounced back higher into the close, but it still ended wi...Read More
Brixton Metals Corporation(TSXV:BBB) (the 'Company' or 'Brixton') is pleased to announce that it has entered into an asset purchase and sale agreement to acquire a 100% interest in five mining claims for 2,740 hectares in the Atlin Camp of British Columbia.Read full newsRead More
The president of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network, Mgr. Jos?(C) ??ngel Divasson, hosted a press conference today where he presented the Catholic Church's position regarding the exploitation of mineral resources in Venezuela's southeastern Guayana region. Divasson, who also is the vicar apostolic of the Amazonian town of Puerto Ayacucho, said that not only the church but the entire world is worr...Read More
FTSE 100 closes 165pts higherWall Street starts Thursday stronglyUK Services PMI misses March expectations BT Group and Vodafone land 5G bandwidth, shares riseRank Group issues profit warning as both bingo and casino revenue slides FTSE 100 joined global equities to close firmly higher on Thursday as the pound weakened and China, US trade war worries eased.The UK bluechip-ben...Read More
Following the announcement of its intentions to acquire the Kandiole-North and the Kandiole-West permits, RosCan Minerals (TSXV: ROS) said that now it wants to buy the 65-square-kilometre Segando-South and the 32-square-kilometre Moussala-North permits, all located in western Mali."With the acquisition of these additional permits, RosCan's Kandiole Project will consist of approximately 164 sq. km....Read More
China has sought consultations with the United States, the first step in a WTO dispute, over its announced tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports on grounds of alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property, the World Trade Organization said on Thursday.The notification to the Geneva-based watchdog triggered a 60-day deadline for the two sides to settle the complaint or face litigation at th...Read More
Ian Fishwick, chief executive of AdEPT Telecom plc (LON:ADT), tells Proactive's Andrew Scott underlying earnings in the financial year just ended will be slightly ahead of market expectations.Turnover, up 29% or so year-on-year, is also expected to be ahead of market expectations.Net senior debt at the end of March stood at ?18.05mln, which was lower than the market had been expecting largely as...Read More
Policy Castle's CEO Edmund Dilger gives Proactive Investors an introduction and brief history as to how the insurance technology platform came about.''We're selling home insurance, we're focused on specialist home insurance and we're targeting specifically the customers who are using a broker for their home insurance needs''''These are customers who are not using price comparison websites be...Read More
The US Labor Department's official jobs data for March has a tough act to follow.Last month's US non-farm payrolls report showed employers added a much bigger-than-expected 313,000 jobs in February.Economists had forecast payroll growth of 200,000.A strong labour market contributed the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates last month by a quarter percentage point to a range of 1.5% to...Read More
Further to my post earlier today, our technical team has identified a possible solution which should be implemented tonight. In the meantime, archived versions of recent Canadian Insider Club Morning and Market reports are available in the Reports section of the website. Read More
Shire Plc (LON:SHP) shares gained 123p or 3.4%, trading at 3,724, amid rising speculation that a big may be coming from Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical.Market talk was boosted by comments from Takeda boss Christophe Weber, who reportedly told analysts that the acquisition of Shire could accelerate his company's transformation and the target's large size would not be an obstacle.3:45pm: Weather...Read More
Great Bear Resources(TSXV:GBR, OTC:GTBDF) (the 'Company' or 'Great Bear'), today provided an update on Phase 2 drilling at its Dixie Lake gold project, located in the Red Lake district of Ontario.Read full newsRead More
Vangold Mining Corp.(TSXV:VAN; OTC:VGLDF) ('Vangold' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce the acceptance of the Company's new members to the Advisory Board, being John P.A. Budreski, T. Gregory Hawkins and R. Stuart (Tookie) Angus.Read full newsRead More
Comstock Metals Ltd. (TSXV:CSL) ('Comstock' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement whereby it can acquire a 100% interest in five mining claims located in the Gowganda area of the historic Greater Cobalt Mining Camp of northern Ontario, comprising the Rawhide cobalt-silver property (the 'Rawhide Property').Read full newsRead More
We have had inquiries from users who have Outlook.com and Hotmail.com accounts asking why they are not getting email alerts and reports. This is due to an issue beyond our control, and likely is due to an algorithm change at Microsoft on or around March 15th that is blocking our emails for some Outlook.com and Hotmail.com email addresses. While our technical team is working on trying to find a so...Read More
Oh, and they've been reading all of our private messages.Read full newsRead More