Amazon’s foray into the pharmacy space sent drug stocks sliding on Thursday, but gains in financial and technology stocks helped Wall Street keep its footing. Amazon.com said it would buy online pharmacy PillPack, sending shares of drug distributors and retailers tumbling. Walgreens Boots Alliance, already under pressure after its third-quarter earnings report, tumbled 9.3 percent […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged European leaders to work together on finding solutions to irregular migration. She told Germany’s parliament the issue could be a defining moment for the EU. The call comes ahead of an EU summit focused on how to deal with the many undocumented migrants – mainly Africans – who continue […]

A court in China’s Hangzhou city has ruled that evidence authenticated with blockchain technology can be presented in legal disputes. Based on the official judgement provided by a law firm that represents the plaintiff, the Hangzhou Internet Court decided that the use of blockchain technology in evidence deposition can be legally viable on a case-by-case basis. The […]

If you’ve entered the marijuana arena in recent years, you understand how much of a priority digital marketing needs to be in your growth strategy. Whether you choose to pay for exposure through advertising or organically grow your social channels, here are some tips to get you on the right track. 1. Connect with influencers  […]

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after the Trump administration eased its stance on curbing Chinese investments in American technologies and as oil prices surged. President Donald Trump said he will use a strengthened national security review panel — the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) — to deal with potential threats from […]

The curse of the World Cup winners continues. Germany became the third straight reigning champion to be knocked out in the group stage at the next World Cup — following Italy and Spain — after it was beaten 2-0 by South Korea in Group F. In an embarrassingly poor performance Germany went behind in the […]

Data storage in healthcare industries is of critical importance. Security breaches in this sector will not only have an impact financially — in terms of health insurance — but could also compromise patient safety. The new platform Timicoin aims to enhance patient data safety through blockchain technology. Describing themselves as the “Tokenized Healthcare Ecosystem,” Timicoin claims to […]

A Singapore-based IT security company offers a potential blockchain-based solution to help protect individual crypto users and block the use of stolen cryptocurrencies on crypto wallets and exchanges. Sentinel Protocol allows security experts and organizations to collect, share and analyse comprehensive threat intelligence data on its blockchain platform. The information about hacks, scams, and fraud is […]

  The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) has formed a working group to recommend a potential regulatory response to blockchain applications within the capital markets ecosystem. The news comes from a June 25 notice summarizing IIROC’s aims for the 2019 fiscal year. Canada’s IIROC is a non-profit self-regulatory body that aims to serve the public interest by proposing measures […]

The tenth largest cryptocurrency TRON (TRX) with a market capitalization of $2.7 billion has activated its mainnet following a migration to its independent public blockchain, according to a blog post published June 25. Styled “Independence Day” by the TRON Foundation, June 25 is marked as the move to TRON’s mainnet, the beta version of which was launched on May 31 […]