Positive closing in Tel Aviv: Cannabis shares soared 30%

Positive closing in Tel Aviv: Cannabis shares soared 30% Shares in the cannabis were conspicuously higher: Herodium Investments jumped 31%, InterCure 23.7%, and Whitescom jumped 25%. • Spacecom jumped 20%. • SearchLight offered an improved offer for Internet Gold holdings in the universe. Completion of the transaction for the sale of 30% of the holdings […]

Global Cannabis Stock Index Extends 2019 Gains to 54%

Cannabis stocks, as measured by the Global Cannabis Stock Index, added to big January gains, rallying 6.0% in February to 98.62: The index, which had 42 qualifying members during the month, declined 54.9% in 2018 but has rallied 66.0% since the 2018 low set on December 24th and is up 54.0% to begin 2019: Leading […]

Tilray to acquire hemp foodmaker Manitoba Harvest for up to $419M in U.S. expansion push

Nanaimo, B.C., pot company to leverage Manitoba manufacturer’s facilities and North American supply chain. The Canadian Press Tilray chief executive Brendan Kennedy at the company’s head office in Nanaimo, B.C. with some of its product line, which includes capsules, oils and dried marijuana. Cannabis producer Tilray Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Hemp Hearts […]

Israel gives green light to medical cannabis exports

“I have supported the export of medical cannabis from Israel all along, and I welcome the government’s approval today,” says Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon. By Eytan Halon https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-gives-green-light-to-medical-cannabis-exports-578815 An employee tends to a medical cannabis plants at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in northern Israel January 24, 2019. The government approved exports of Israeli-grown […]