Jamen Shively hopes to do for marijuana what Starbucks has done for coffee. Shively, who worked as a corporate strategy manager at Microsoft until 2009, took part in a press conference Thurs... Read more
It’s been nearly five years since India banned smoking in public places, but you wouldn’t know it from talking to Sugandha. The jeans-clad woman in her twenties is standing at a subway entra... Read more
In three decades, Wan Long has turned Shuanghui International Holdings from a small, loss-making meat processor into China’s largest, and is making his country’s biggest takeover... Read more
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking a... Read more
A two-day international conference titled “Nuclear power : a chance of successful economic, social and political development” begins at Ruposhi Bangla hotel in the city. The conference is j... Read more
Yahoo isn’t the only company ramping up acquisitions in recent months. Apple is speeding up its rate of buying companies, too. During the D: All Things Digital conference Tuesday night... Read more
Moving carefully along a row of apple trees, two of Australia’s newest agricultural workers check if the fruit is ripe or the soil needs water or fertilizer. Meet “Mantis”... Read more
Automattic, the company that operates blogging service WordPress.com, announced a $50 million investment from hedge fund and private-equity investor Tiger Global on Friday. The investment co... Read more
ChannelAdvisor Corp shares soared as much as 39 percent in their market debut on Thursday as investors bet the e-commerce software company will benefit from the rapid global spread of online... Read more
Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe’s poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Execu... Read more
