Lon Cardon, a pioneer in human genetics and drug discovery, will succeed current President and CEO Dr. Edison Liu in late November.
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Ship’s anchor may have caused California oil spill
One environmental group decried a lack of initial coordination among the Coast Guard and local officials in dealing with the spreading oil slick.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
Cannabis lounges coming to Nevada
Nevada is now the seventh state to allow marijuana consumption in licensed public places.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
Facebook blames ‘a faulty configuration change’ and says there is ‘no evidence that user data was compromised’ because of the outage.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Maine Cannabis Report
Troubling trend for marijuana edibles: More dogs getting stoned on neighborhood walks
While the problem isn’t new, the ASPCA says it’s growing as more states legalize cannabis, causing serious health issues for pets.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Cruises are back, but they may not see prepandemic passenger numbers until 2023
The industry saw 28.5 million passengers worldwide in 2018 and 29.7 million in 2019, but dropped off to just 5.8 million in 2020, an 81% decrease.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville City Council to consider pot ordinance change, license for Marijuanaville retail shop
City councilors are also expected Tuesday to consider appointing a committee to explore ways to spend federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Homeownership not among pandemic’s major economic casualties in Maine
Foreclosures are creeping back up since a pandemic-related federal moratorium ended, but experts say a drastic spike is unlikely.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
States and cities slow to spend federal pandemic money, report finds
An analysis by the Associated Press finds that as of summer, states have spent only 2.5% of their allotment from the American Rescue Plan.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Leaked ‘Pandora Papers’ reveal how the world’s elite hide their assets
The report reveals current and former politicians, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair and billionaire Robert T. Brockman, created accounts to conceal assets.