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Raw Garden Product Director Khalid Al Naser Talks About His Journey And Future Prospects Of The Brand
There's been a lot of choking in the nascent days of commercial cannabis growing in Santa Barbara County, especially as white-tented, periodically pungent farms expanded into the heart of wine country. As repeatedly covered in both this newspaper and much larger publications, this 21st-century cultivation conflict triggered lawsuits, contentious county hearings, and no shortage of seemingly endless squabbling, much of it between grape and cannabis growers themselves.
The Economic Fallout From the Pandemic is Larger Than the Health Crisis - Jack Skipp
With news that COVID-19 vaccines are on the horizon, the world has breathed a collective sigh of relief. The once-in-a-lifetime health crisis caused by the pandemic has left countries across the globe in a state of utter devastation. Yet hopefully, the best scientific minds have conspired to finally end the physical threat of the coronavirus.
How Can You Secure Your Business From IoT-related Data Breaches?
While the Internet of Things has had a profound impact on the modern way of living, it has equally influenced how businesses run. As the IoT technology continues to progress, enterprises worldwide have started to leverage its power to increase productivity, cut costs, and enhance asset utilization through efficient processes. Although there's tremendous potential in the implementation of IoT within businesses, it is still worth analyzing the risks associated with IoT devices and the damage that they can cause to any organization. Thus, you should always look for ways to secure your businesses from IoT-related data breaches.
A Review of Gulf Coast Western and Its Oil and Gas Empire
With the emergence of alternative energy sources throughout the world, the oil and gas industry has faced several challenges. Over the past few decades, most oil and gas companies, like Gulf Coast Western, have been forced to rethink their functions and organizational models due to factors such as technological advancements, economic trends and tides, and shortages of resources. Since companies, especially in the oil and gas industry, want to ensure that they continuously grow, they have to find solutions to the challenges facing the industry when it comes to energy consumption.
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Closing a credit account might sound like ripping off a Band-Aid: sweet release. But it's not always that cut and dry. While it sometimes makes sense to close an account, it's not something you should do without considering some potential consequences.
Following the news that auto giants Daimler AG and the BMW Group have signed a deal to develop next-generation automated driving technology together, the Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG have announced that they are partnering on autonomous vehicle technology too.
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure to speak with Amy Francetic, founder and managing director of a Chicago-based clean energy investing venture capital firm called Energize Ventures, and the co-founder of the Clean Energy Trust, a Midwestern-focused non-profit clean energy accelerator.
Toyota Motor Corp. and Denso Corp. announced plans on Wednesday to form a joint venture to develop the next-generation semiconductors for future connected and self-driving vehicles. Denso, one of the world's largest auto suppliers, will own 51% of the new business with Toyota to own the remaining portion.
U.K. venture capital firms aren't doing enough to diversify their workforces, according to a study sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank that was published on Thursday.
Cigna joined the parade of health insurance companies and biotech giants backing GNS Healthcare, a technology firm applying machine learning to healthcare through precision medicine.
If it seems like a week doesn't go by without news of yet another athlete investing in a new company or starting/participating in a new venture capital fund, it is because that is becoming more and more of a reality.
ADP and Paychex are the two largest payroll processing and human resource management companies. With unemployment levels in the U.S. staying around an all-time low for several months now, the larger workforce in the country has boosted the prospects for human resource-related outfits.
After a rough Q1 earnings season for many major Energy sector companies, it looks like things are slowly turning around as the next reporting period looms. However, the sector continues to sputter amid soft product prices that may reflect slowing global economic growth.
