Month: December,2024

CHARBONE Hydrogen Announces a First Closing of its $1M Non-Brokered Private Placement

CHARBONE Hydrogen Announces a First Closing of its $1M Non-Brokered Private Placement


December 4, 2024
(TheNewswire) Green Hydrogen Production Scheduled to Commence (within weeks) Brossard, Quebec, November 26, 2024 TheNewswire Charbone Hydrogen Corporation (TSXV: CH; OTCQB: CHHYF; FSE: K47) (‘CHARBONE’ or the ‘Company’), North America’s only publicly traded pure-play green hydrogen company, is pleased to announce the first closing of its $1M non-brokered private placement. The Company has secured $0.7M […]
Cannabis Round-Up: DEA Postpones Rescheduling Hearing, Key Players Share Quarterly Results

Cannabis Round-Up: DEA Postpones Rescheduling Hearing, Key Players Share Quarterly Results


December 4, 2024
November was a busy month for the cannabis industry, with a slew of US-centric developments. A hearing on cannabis rescheduling was postponed until 2025, although the incoming Trump administration has signaled its intent to follow through on the change despite opposition from some Republican lawmakers. Meanwhile, several states voted on cannabis measures, and companies reported […]
5 Best-performing Gold Stocks on the TSX in 2024

5 Best-performing Gold Stocks on the TSX in 2024


December 4, 2024
After starting the year at around US$2,040 per ounce, gold set a record high of US$2,787.04 on October 30. Support for the precious metal took various forms. Central bank buying continued steadily, with China, India and Middle Eastern nations continuing to add to their gold reserves. The US Federal Reserve also helped drive the price […]
Norway Suspends Deep-Sea Mining Plans as Environmental Concerns Rise

Norway Suspends Deep-Sea Mining Plans as Environmental Concerns Rise


December 4, 2024
Norway suspended its plans to open vast areas of its seabed for deep-sea mining on Sunday (December 1), reacting to pressure from environmental groups and political negotiations. The original proposal from the Norwegian government would have allowed companies to apply for licenses to mine around 280,000 square kilometers of seabed for minerals critical to modern […]
How Would a New BRICS Currency Affect the US Dollar? (Updated 2024)

How Would a New BRICS Currency Affect the US Dollar? (Updated 2024)


December 4, 2024
The BRICS nations, originally composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, are looking to establish a new reserve currency backed by a basket of their respective currencies. All eyes were recently on the 2024 BRICS Summit that took place October 22 to 24 in Kazan, Russia. The BRICS nations were widely expected to […]
The war on woke: How a gay rights index once touted by big brands became a conservative target

The war on woke: How a gay rights index once touted by big brands became a conservative target


December 4, 2024
As June’s Pride Month festivities were nearing a conclusion, Tractor Supply released a statement that put LGBTQ+ rights proponents on alert. The farm-focused retailer said it would stop sponsoring events such as pride celebrations and eliminate roles tied to diversity initiatives. Also on its list of actions: Tractor Supply would no longer submit data to the LGBTQ+ group Human […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated

Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated


December 4, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his bid to get his 2018 CEO pay package reinstated on Monday when a Delaware judge upheld her prior ruling that the compensation plan was improperly granted. The package, worth about $56 billion, was the largest compensation plan in U.S. history for a public company executive. Tesla said in a post on X, […]
Art Cashin, New York Stock Exchange fixture for decades, dies at 83

Art Cashin, New York Stock Exchange fixture for decades, dies at 83


December 4, 2024
Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange and a man The Washington Post called “Wall Street’s version of Walter Cronkite,” has died. He was 83 and had been a regular on CNBC for more than 25 years. In the intensely competitive and often vicious world of stock market commentary, […]
Trump bucks Biden’s ‘don’t’ doctrine on world stage, hits adversaries with ‘all hell to pay’ deadline

Trump bucks Biden’s ‘don’t’ doctrine on world stage, hits adversaries with ‘all hell to pay’ deadline


December 4, 2024
In the waning days of the Biden administration, President-elect Trump is bucking his predecessor’s ‘don’t’ doctrine as a deterrent to foreign adversaries, instead issuing tough warnings before even taking office.  ‘If the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there […]
Hunter Biden pardon raises new questions over 5th Amendment ‘loophole’

Hunter Biden pardon raises new questions over 5th Amendment ‘loophole’


December 4, 2024
President Joe Biden’s sweeping pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, touched off a flurry of fresh legal speculation Tuesday over how, or if, the younger Biden can move to assert his Fifth Amendment privileges that protect against self-incrimination — and how the broad immunity granted to Hunter could be twisted against him. While Hunter Biden […]
Federal judge accuses President Biden of attempting to ‘rewrite history’ in Hunter Biden pardon

Federal judge accuses President Biden of attempting to ‘rewrite history’ in Hunter Biden pardon


December 4, 2024
The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s tax case issued a sharp rebuke of President Biden’s claim that his son was unfairly treated as well as the president’s delivery method following the president’s last-minute pardon. U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi, who is based in the Central District of California and was nominated by President-elect Trump, accused […]
Supreme Court to weigh state ban on transgender ‘medical treatments’ for minors

Supreme Court to weigh state ban on transgender ‘medical treatments’ for minors


December 4, 2024
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a high-profile case involving the right of transgender minors to receive gender transition care, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, in one of the most closely watched, potentially impactful cases slated to come before the high court this year. The case, United States v. Skrmetti, centers […]
Faith in DOJ plummets as Biden, pardoning Hunter, joins Trump in denouncing the department

Faith in DOJ plummets as Biden, pardoning Hunter, joins Trump in denouncing the department


December 4, 2024
Let’s face it, trust in most of our government institutions has utterly collapsed. Many people don’t have faith in the FDA, the DOD, HUD, Homeland Security, the health agencies, and the list goes on. And they don’t trust the media to deliver basic facts about Washington without bias and blunders. These sentiments have basically been […]
5 wild ways Democrats have embraced the Monty Python strategy of politics

5 wild ways Democrats have embraced the Monty Python strategy of politics


December 4, 2024
President-elect Trump’s election victory was a disaster for the left – their worst Electoral College result since Bush the Elder coattailed Ronald Reagan in 1988. But rather than accept it and try to move forward, leftists and the journalists who love them are choosing another option – running away. Some want to run away from […]
Jeffries wants Biden to dole out pardons for people aggressively prosecuted ‘for nonviolent offenses’

Jeffries wants Biden to dole out pardons for people aggressively prosecuted ‘for nonviolent offenses’


December 4, 2024
On the heels of President Joe Biden’s move to issue a sweeping pardon for his son Hunter Biden, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., issued a statement suggesting the president should issue pardons for individuals who faced ‘aggressive prosecutions for nonviolent offenses.’ ‘Throughout his life, President Joe Biden has fought to improve the plight of […]