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Forests, wildlife and people in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains could be endangered by one of the most dangerous pesticides around: carbofuran. In the last month, law enforcement has discovered about 25,000 marijuana plants cultivated illegally within California’s...

Federal regulators have approved a new stock exchange aimed at high-growth companies that seeks to focus on long-term strategies rather than short-term benchmarks. The Securities and Exchange Commission approved the Long-Term Stock Exchange, or LTSE, last week. It's aimed mostly at...

Amazon.com, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMZN), which is used to putting bricks-and-mortar enterprises out of business, opened an actual physical store in New York City and likely will continue to build a retail presence in other locations, a group of Pacific Crest analysts led by Brent Bracelin said Friday. The...

Following on the heels of Japan, China and South Korea, Italy may become the first Western country to provide women paid menstrual leave. The proposal, currently debated in Italy’s parliament, would set up for a classic trade-off. Women subject to painful periods could profit from three days...

Remember back in the day when Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) just sold computers and not tablets, music players or smartphones? Today it may seem that Apple is neglecting its customer base who wants to dish out good money for a laptop or desktop, at least according to Quartz. Quartz noted Apple hasn't...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) founder and chairman, Jack Ma, is eyeing a majority stake in a Hong Kong newspaper, the South China Morning Post. Ma, along with Alibaba, has a history of media acquisitions, including eBusiness Review, Huxiu, China Business Network, and more. Ma...

Speaking to Quartz, former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said that Bitcoin "has some serious problems." Bitcoin's value peaked at $1,147.25 on December 4 and crashed to a low of $177.28 just a few months later. Bernanke suggested that Bitcoin has yet to establish itself as a...

You've probably heard the term "Grexit" more than you wanted to in recent weeks. You're not alone. Greece and its European creditors reached a bailout agreement early Monday morning. With this deal, a Grexit -- Greece exiting from the Eurozone -- appears to be squashed. See...

Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd (NASDAQ: CSTE) has finally come to the United States. On Wednesday, the countertop maker unveiled its third manufacturing plant, its first in the U.S. "North America, and mainly the United States, is our fastest-growing market nowadays," said Caesarstone CEO Yosef Shiran,...

The rapid decline of the newspaper business over the past couple of decades was a major hit to the media world, but there are new and powerful forms of media that have gained an immense amount of traction on the digital frontier. Websites like Buzzfeed and Gawker are embracing wit, snark and...

Quartz recently polled 811 smartphone users living in the U.S. asking their intentions to buy Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) upcoming Apple Watch product. The survey results may be discouraging to Apple investors who expect the product will be met with tremendous demand. According to Quartz,...