Business

Housing Works CEO Charles King discusses the recreational cannabis business and his dispensary scheduled to open December 29 on ‘Kennedy.’ The legal cannabis brand launched by the family of late Grateful Dead star Jerry Garcia has stopped operations in California amid a thriving black market for marijuana and a challenging …

The bank has increased the rate on its Savings Pots to 2.52 percent while the interest rate for its Monthly Saver has gone up to five percent, fixed for 12 months. From next month, customers switching to a TSB account will also receive up to £200. Customers who open a …

Former Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett reacts to some Big Tech giants slashing jobs, telling ‘Cavuto: Coast to Coast’ data indicates the economy is heading towards a recession.  PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada apologized to her staff after facing backlash for what critics are calling a “tone-deaf” layoff memo …

Rising wages mean more people are becoming subject to the High Income Child Benefit tax Charge (HICBC), with wealth investment group Royal London raising concerns about the growing issue. The £50,000 threshold has not increased since the tax charge was introduced in January 2013 despite soaring inflation. Prices have particularly …

National Retail Federation President Matt Shay reacts to the report that organized retail crime was up by 26.5% annually in 2021 on ‘Varney & Co.’  Lowe’s Companies, Inc. has innovated – and successfully tested – a new system geared towards tackling organized retail crime in a frictionless and almost invisible …

In 2016 Jon Hulme and John Burke presented their idea for a wine and gin subscription service and received offers from all five Dragons. When Dragon Sarah Willingham revealed that she was already a customer, they accepted her offer of £75,000 in exchange for a 12.5 percent share in the …

Mintz & Gold partner Ira Sorkin discusses if accused fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘loose lips’ will hurt his criminal case on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Federal prosecutors are looking to block FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from contacting any current and former employees of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange without a lawyer present or …

More than half a million more people are out of work due to chronic conditions than before the pandemic, according to research. And three out of five of those classed as economically inactive due to long-term sickness are 50 or over. Rest Less, a website which offers advice and support …

Ed Rensi discusses his initiative to push back against companies that are becoming too political on ‘Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.’ A crime-plagued Canadian McDonald’s that gained international notoriety nearly a decade ago for a viral video of a brawl involving a raccoon is set to close. The franchise owner of …

A Barclays customer had his life savings drained after thieves targeted him in a cruel scam.