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NBA Removes Cannabis From Prohibited Substances List

NEW YORK - League officials and the NBA Players Association have signed a collective bargaining agreement that drops cannabis from its list of banned substances. The new agreement codifies changes first implemented on a temporary basis in 2020 limiting the ability of league officials to randomly screen players for cannabis and to punish those who test positive. Under

By |2023-07-09T15:05:48-04:00July 9th, 2023|Marijuana Business, News|

DTE Energy Names Joi Harris President And COO Effective July 3

DETROIT - DTE Energy June 29 announced, effective July 3, Joi Harris, DTE Gas president, will be president and COO of DTE. In her new role, Harris will lead both utilities – DTE Gas and DTE Electric – as well as Customer Service, Information Technology, Corporate Services, and the Environmental Management and Safety organizations. She

By |2023-06-30T15:31:02-04:00June 30th, 2023|News|

Report: Only 24.4 Percent Of U.S. Cannabis Businesses Are Profitable

LONDON, UK - Whitney Economics, a cannabis economics data, consulting and research firm, has published its second annual Cannabis Operator Sentiment and Business Conditions survey report. The survey measured shortages and surpluses in materials, services and labor inputs against future expectations. Expected revenues, profits, margins, costs and other basic business measurements are also revealed. Key

By |2023-06-30T13:54:24-04:00June 30th, 2023|Featured, Marijuana Business, News, Uncategorized|

Stellantis Won’t Ship Gas-Powered Cars To 14 States Unless Customer Orders One

AUBURN HILLS - Stellantis, the parent company behind the Jeep brand, has stopped shipping gas-powered cars and other vehicles to 14 states in the U.S. unless a customer has ordered one. If this feels abrupt and maybe even a little strange, well, it is. The 14 states soon to be taking part in California Air Resource Board‘s vehicle

By |2023-06-27T10:52:43-04:00June 26th, 2023|Auto Tech, Featured, News|

Stefanini Partners With Visibilityone To Provide Video Collaboration Monitory

SOUTHFIELD - Stefanini Group announced today a partnership with VisibilityOne to provide monitoring and management services for unified communications and video collaboration. With comprehensive monitoring capabilities, proactive alerting, advanced algorithms and vendor-agnostic compatibility, VisibilityOne stands out as a leading provider of video conferencing monitoring solutions for organizations seeking to optimize their unified communications. Their cloud-based solutions give IT

By |2023-06-25T16:47:28-04:00June 25th, 2023|News|

Cannabis-Friendly Credit Card Processing Offered By Desert Creek Ventures

ANN ARBOR - The Michigan cannabis community has had difficulty getting approval by credit card companies to pay for cannabis. Now with a new product from Desert Creek Ventures, a binary credit card processing system will let anyone use credit cards to pay for their purchases. William Shaw is introducing this legal financial process to

By |2023-06-12T09:11:03-04:00June 12th, 2023|Marijuana Business, News|

Survey: Americans Are Retiring Earlier Than They Expected

NEW YORK - Americans are currently retiring earlier than they expected — but four out of five still struggle with the retirement process, new research suggests. A recent survey of 2,000 retired Americans found that they’d initially expected to retire at 63.2 years old, on average, but instead did so at 61.5 years old, beating

By |2023-06-12T08:18:57-04:00June 11th, 2023|Featured, News|

iHemp Michigan Seeks To Rebuild Hemp Industry, Seeks State Help

ANN ARBOR - The Hemp industry in Michigan thrived 80 years ago. Then prohibition came. Under the 2018 Farm Bill Hemp was made legal to grow again, but the rebirth has been rocky at best. Dave Crabill, president of iHemp Michigan, appears on MITech TV to talk about what's need to make Hemp thrive once

By |2023-06-11T12:51:46-04:00June 11th, 2023|Marijuana Business, mitechtv, News|

June Is Here And With It Higher Electricity Costs Across Michigan

ANN ARBOR – Just in time for summer temperatures in Michigan, DTE Energy and Consumers Energy upped on June 1 electricity prices, so called “time of day” charges, meaning if you use electricity in the middle of the day Monday through Friday you will pay more. For DTE customers, higher rates are in effect between

By |2023-06-01T15:58:04-04:00June 1st, 2023|Featured, News|

Living Coffin Turns Human Flesh Into Compost

LONDON, UK - Want to become part of the environment when you die? Loop Living Cocoon has an answer, the world's first living coffin that enriches nature by biodegrading in just 45 days and gives human nutrients back in the most natural way. Yup. Sounds like the premise for a horror movie. The Loop Living

By |2023-05-30T08:31:55-04:00May 27th, 2023|Featured, Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|