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ThursdayMar 23, 2017 3:37 pm

ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (CIIX) Set to Open California Retail Store, Launches XiBiDi Biotechnology in China

ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) is planning to open a retail store in San Gabriel, California, the same city in which the company is headquartered. The company also recently announced its new online cannabidiol (CBD) oil retail store would be operated by its newly-launched XiBiDi Biotechnology Co., Ltd subsidiary, which is headquartered in the Pudong Free-Trade Area of Shanghai, China. XiBiDi Biotechnology will focus on the online and offline sales of health products, including a range of hemp-derived food and beverages. In a news release, Warren Wang, founder and CEO of CIIX, said he was delighted with the registration and establishment…

ThursdayMar 23, 2017 11:53 am

ProBility Media Corp. (PBYA) is Bringing Back American Jobs with Technical Training

Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that the unemployment rate (http://nnw.fm/oBN8x) in February 2017 was 4.7%, around the lowest it has been since the financial crisis. The Bureau is also projecting a benign environment in the coming years for the skilled trades, but those blue-collar jobs of the future won’t be quite the same as the ones held by our fathers and uncles. To get and keep them will require training, the kind offered by Houston, Texas-based educational technology company ProBility Media Corp. (OTCQB: PBYA), which is out to develop the first full service training and…

ThursdayMar 23, 2017 9:13 am

Singlepoint, Inc. (SING) CEO Greg Lambrecht Reveals High Points of Convectium Acquisition

Singlepoint, Inc. (OTC: SING), specializing in small- to mid-sized company acquisitions, recently began funding Convectium, an organization that sells equipment in the cannabis industry. There should be “more funding on the way,” according to Singlepoint CEO Greg Lambrecht, who discussed the acquisition in a recent episode of MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon. Convectium sells machines that fill vials with oil, and it created a unique system for filling/packaging vape cartridges and disposable vape pens. These systems, and point of sale equipment, are sold at various trade shows, according to Lambrecht. In the phone interview, Lambrecht also revealed that Singlepoint is looking…

ThursdayMar 23, 2017 8:52 am

Moxian, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOXC) Helping Merchants Better Engage With Customers through Geo-Targeting

Applications have transformed the mobile phone into a sort of remote control, allowing consumers to research and shop for products and services whenever they want. This, coupled with the fact that they can also pay for these products and services digitally, has created the mobile market. In China, the mobile market has become a significant channel for retailers, and blurring these lines between the physical and virtual worlds has been a great way for Chinese merchants to reach customers. The mobile market based upon messaging has been especially important in China. Since email arrived only late in China, mobile messaging…

ThursdayMar 23, 2017 8:30 am

Innovative Immunotherapies Emerging as the Cancer Treatments of the Future

Cancer remains one of the world’s leading causes of death, putting significant strain on health care systems, in terms of costs and resources. However, as the number of cancer diagnoses rises, so too does the development of innovative and efficient therapies that demonstrate higher chances of success with minimum side effects. Among the many types of cancer treatments, a growing number of patients receiving immuno-oncology therapies are reporting impressive results. In this landscape, leading biotech companies such as TapImmune, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPIV) (TPIV Profile), OncoSec Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCS), Agenus, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN), Immune Design Corp. (NASDAQ: IMDZ) and Kite…

WednesdayMar 22, 2017 2:22 pm

National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. (NWMH) Educating People to Make Florida More Environmentally Friendly

Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that up to 75% of the United States’ waste stream is recyclable, only 30% of it actually gets recycled each year, according to RecoverUSA.com (http://nnw.fm/3UC3g). Approximately one-third of an average landfill is made up of packaging material, with more than 60% of the landfill being paper, plastic, food waste, glass, and metal. Only 1% of aluminum products and 1% of plastic products are recycled in the United States each year, although Americans discard 25 million plastic bottles every hour. With paper and cardboard making up most of industrial waste products, if companies establish…

WednesdayMar 22, 2017 12:10 pm

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) to Hold Annual Shareholders Meeting on April 27

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI) will hold its annual shareholders meeting on April 27, 2017, at the Coronado Island Marriott in Coronado, California, and the company is urging eXp Realty agent-owners, entrepreneurial real estate professionals, and investors to attend. eXp World Holdings is the holding company for eXp Realty LLC, an agent-owned cloud-based real estate brokerage. The meeting will be held against a backdrop of the company’s rapid growth to more than 3,000 agents in the U.S. and Canada, a 25% increase from the 2,401 agents recorded at the end of 2016. It took the company approximately four months…

WednesdayMar 22, 2017 8:30 am

Mixed Marijuana Messages from Trump Administration Make Diversification Imperative

Deciphering marijuana policy under the Trump Administration can be difficult, given differing statements by White House officials. Federal laws are at odds with a number of states that have legalized marijuana for medical and/or recreational use, and businesses like SinglePoint, Inc. (SING) (SING Profile), Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (CRBP), Medical Marijuana, Inc. (MJNA), Cannabis Science, Inc. (CBIS) and ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (CIIX) (CIIX Profile) operate in a manner that hedges them against certain risks of federal prohibition. On the campaign trail, then-candidate Donald Trump said of medical marijuana on Fox News: “I'm in favor of it a hundred percent.” With regard…

WednesdayMar 22, 2017 8:30 am

Big Data Poses Big Headaches as Health Care Industry Adopts HIT Systems

The panorama of health care proposals paraded by Congress is just one act of a drama unfolding behind the scenes. Mostly hidden from public view, the industry continues a metamorphosis as it adopts Health Information Technology (HIT) systems. HIT systems are designed to dramatically transform the delivery of health care, making it safer, more effective, and more efficient. And one way they are posed to do so is by generating huge amounts of data that is more amenable to statistical analysis. But the advent of big data also has the potential to bring big headaches for health care providers, which…

TuesdayMar 21, 2017 3:03 pm

India Globalization Capital, Inc. (NYSE: IGC) Pioneering New Phytocannabinoid Products

Although legal in 28 states for medicinal use, cannabis is still considered a dangerous substance in much of the country. However, many experts now believe that cannabis is a safe alternative to pharmaceuticals for relieving symptoms related to multiple illnesses. Scientific research shows that phytocannabinoids, cannabinoids that occur naturally in the cannabis plant, are effective at relieving convulsions, seizures, anxiety, nausea, and inflammation. From fighting glaucoma to controlling epileptic seizures and easing pain, scientific research has repeatedly shown the efficacy of medicinal marijuana. Due to government misclassification of cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug, there has been only marginal progress…

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