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Beyond Meat shares crumble on stock offering surprise, demand for meatless burgers soars

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters – Beyond Meat Inc’s shares tumbled on Monday on plans for another stock offering just three months after its IPO while demand for its plant-based burgers and sausages prompted an increase in its full-year sales forecast. Trading was volatile and shares fell more than 12 percent after hours on news of a 3.25 million […] Read more

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Altria to marry Canadian pot with big tobacco

By Harry Brumpton, Uday Sampath Kumar December 7, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — Marlboro cigarette maker Altria Group announced a $2.4 billion investment in Cronos Group on Friday, which could give it up to 55 per cent ownership of the Canadian cannabis producer. The deal represents by far the biggest investment by a major tobacco conglomerate in a cannabis company. It comes after Canada legalized the […] Read more

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Corona owner pours more funds into weed producer

By Uday Sampath Kumar August 17, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Corona beer maker Constellation Brands will invest a further $5 billion in Canada’s top cannabis producer Canopy Growth, doubling down on one of a growing number of bets by the alcohol industry in legal pot. Constellation was among the first major alcohol producers to invest in marijuana production when it pumped about $245 […] Read more

U.S. farmers expected to get third and final tranche of trade aid

U.S. grains: Corn, soy to one-month lows

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slide on Phase One uncertainty

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U.S. farmers expected to get third and final tranche of trade aid

U.S. grains: Corn, soy to one-month lows

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slide on Phase One uncertainty

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Beyond Meat shares crumble on stock offering surprise, demand for meatless burgers soars

Altria to marry Canadian pot with big tobacco

Corona owner pours more funds into weed producer

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