By Ankit Kumar Feb 9 (Reuters) – Canopy Growth Corp said on Thursday it would shed assets in Canada and cut 800 job positions as part of the pot producer’s efforts to reduce costs and turn profitable. Shares of the company, which reported a bigger quarterly loss, plunged 16.6% to C$3.06 at the closing of …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – One of the twin Ohio boys who became the center of a statewide AMBER Alert that garnered nationwide attention last month has died, authorities said. Columbus police said officers were sent to a home shortly before 11 p.m.Saturday on a report of a baby not breathing. Medics transported the baby, who …
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By Liz Hampton Feb 9 (Reuters) – The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving too slowly to allow states to permit and oversee carbon-reduction projects, according to Louisiana’s governor, slowing millions of dollars in investments designed to tackle greenhouse gas reduction. Louisiana and other top oil-producing states say they can speed up permitting of carbon …
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A fake builder who scammed 11 people out of more than £1million and left families with wrecked homes has been jailed for three years. Richard Nicholls, 38, an estate agent and salesman, had no experience in construction when he started taking on the building work. He left his victims – many of whom were in south – …
Guy Sebastian’s long-timer manager has been jailed for a minimum two-and-a-half years for embezzling more than $600,000 from his star client. Titus Day was sentenced to a maximum four years in prison by Judge Tim Gartelmann at ‘s Downing Centre District Court on Thursday afternoon. Judge Gartelmann said the offences ‘all were committed for financial gain’ …
A man faces up to 20 years in prison after more than $3 billion in stolen was found stashed in a popcorn tin at his home in what authorities call the second largest seizure of cryptocurrency. James Zhong, 32, pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing the Bitcoin a decade ago from the illegal Silk Road marketplace, which …
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Former Liverpool chairman Sir Martin Broughton has questioned the valuations that the owners of the Reds and Manchester United have placed on their clubs. Broughton believes that the two clubs will struggle to get the asking prices of over £4billion given that they are not in London. The businessman insisted that have property interests in …
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The call came on a Saturday morning last month.I always knew it would. It had been lurking in the background as I tried to carry on, make plans. I knew that it would all end, swiftly. Not with a whimper but with a bang. I’d been told there was a viewing planned at the cottage …
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BENGALURU, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Bharti Airtel Ltd , India’s No.2 telecom carrier by subscribers, reported a bigger-than-expected increase in third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, EVDEN Eve naKliYat helped by 4G subscriber additions and eVden Eve NAkLiyAT higher revenue per user. The company’s consolidated revenue from operations rose to 358.04 billion rupees ($4.33 billion) for EVden …
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A group of criminals who made so much money from a £21 million scam they handed out £5,000 gift cards on the street have been jailed. Stephen William Boys, 59, and Kelly Caton, 45, have been found guilty of fraud, converting and transferring criminal property.Jordan Kane Robinson, 25, and James Austin-Beddoes, 28, eVdeN eve nAKLiyAt …
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