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Advertising weed Is tough when the feds consider you a drug dealer
(Bloomberg) -- America's cannabis companies are racing to build national brands and market their wares to mainstream consumers.

Toyota hopes robots can be helpers in aging Japanese society
Toyota has sold enough cars to put one outside every Japanese home. Now, it wants to put robots inside.

Billionaire Robert Mercer’s Yuma County sheriff’s badge has been revoked
Robert Mercer, turn in your badge. There's a new sheriff in town. The New York hedge fund magnate and conservative donor had his status as a volunteer deputy sheriff revoked...

Elizabeth Warren takes major step toward a 2020 presidential run
Senator Elizabeth Warren took a major step on Monday toward an all-but-certain 2020 White House run, seeking to become the Democratic nominee to challenge President Donald Trump.

“Aquaman” tops “Mary Poppins” in pre-Christmas wave of blockbusters
"Aquaman" from AT&T Inc.'s Warner Bros. made the biggest splash at the box office this weekend, beating four new releases, including a returning "Mary Poppins" and a "Transformers" prequel. Comscore...

Skyscraper farms are about to go global
Spread Co.'s second vertical farm and could mark a turning point for vertical farming -- bringing the cost low enough to compete with traditional farms on a large scale.

Canada’s pot industry so hot it¶¶Ňőap importing workers
It was mid-summer, fewer than three months before Canada legalized recreational marijuana, and Vic Neufeld had a problem.

Crocs to buy back 50 percent of Blackstone preferred stake as rebound builds
(Bloomberg) -- Crocs Inc. will buy back and convert some of the preferred shares held by Blackstone Group LP in the latest sign that a multiyear turnaround effort has put...

Michigan becomes 10th state to legalize recreational marijuana; other measures pass in Missouri and Utah
In midterm elections that saw Democrats gain control of the House and reaffirmed Republican control of the Senate, more states also voted to legalize marijuana.

These two Colorado cities are the Top 2 on something called the Brain Concentration Index
The Colorado metropolitan areas of Boulder and Fort Collins are No. 1 and No. 2 on the Bloomberg Brain Concentration Index, which tracks business formation as well as employment and education in...