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MondayMay 15, 2017 3:46 pm

Financial Choice Bill Likely to Increase Insider Trading Risks for Small Investors

On May 4, 2017, after the House Financial Services Committee approved the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 (FCA) in a 34-26 vote, Congress moved a step closer to replacing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The bill will now be passed to the full House, proclaiming on the way its objective ‘to create hope and opportunity for investors, consumers and entrepreneurs by… holding Wall Street accountable’. However, many of its proposed changes appear to do the opposite. They hobble the SEC’s enforcement efforts: curtailing prosecutorial approaches and raising the bar for conviction by requiring stricter proof of…

MondayMay 15, 2017 9:47 am

ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (CIIX) Projected To Reach Revenue of $14.8 Million by FY2020 in Consilium Global Research Report

ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) is projected to reach revenues of $14.8 million by fiscal year 2020, according to a new research report by Consilium Global Research (http://dtn.fm/d849H). Per the report, the company did $930,000 in revenue for fiscal 2016 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 100% through 2020. The underlying market’s CAGR will expand at an 80% rate, the report said. Consilium sees CIIX as going through a huge transformation this year as it pursues a larger stake in the cannabis market. Headquartered in San Gabriel, California, CIIX offers a range of…

FridayMay 12, 2017 3:25 pm

CD International Enterprises, Inc. (CDII) Positioned to Profit from CBD

Since 2001, CD International Enterprises, Inc. (OTC: CDII) has been building international business relationships. This diverse U.S.-based company has nurtured multiple global business relationships to more effectively source and deliver various industrial commodities to its clients in the People’s Republic of China. CD International is a transactional intermediary, locating and securing commodities such as iron ore, manganese ore, copper and scrap metals from around the globe to feed the industrial needs of its China-based business clients. On Wednesday, CD International announced its entry into a full corporate offer to purchase 5,000 tons of copper cathodes (99.99% Cu) per month from…

FridayMay 12, 2017 12:32 pm

ProBility Media Corp. (PBYA) is Tackling America’s Skills Gap with its Suite of Technical Training Programs

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) released on Tuesday May 9, 2017, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that ProBility Media Corp. (OTCQB: PBYA) has got its ducks lined up in a row. The JOLTS proclaimed happy tidings: the number of manufacturing jobs added in March was the highest for any month since ‘the front end of the Great Recession in early 2008’, according to U.S. News (http://dtn.fm/ORz1Z). But this good news was bundled with some bad news. America is experiencing a skills gap: a mismatch between the skills employers require and the skills the workforce…

FridayMay 12, 2017 12:11 pm

QualityStocksNewsBreaks – SinglePoint, Inc. (SING) CEO Discusses Acquisition Strategy in Interview on MoneyTV

Specialized holding company SinglePoint, Inc. (OTC: SING) is a featured company on this week’s episode of MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon. MoneyTV is an internationally syndicated television program about “money and what makes it happen.” To view the show, visit www.MoneyTV.net. In this week’s episode, SinglePoint CEO Greg Lambrecht discusses the company’s progress toward expanding its presence in the burgeoning legal marijuana industry by way of acquisition. “We’ve spent the last couple of months courting companies to acquire them, particularly in the cannabis space,” Lambrecht noted in the interview. “Actually, I think next week we’re going to be putting an LOI…

ThursdayMay 11, 2017 11:53 am

SinglePoint, Inc. (SING) Set to Capitalize on Payment Markets Opportunity in MMJ Industry after Congress Triggers Safe Harbor Protection

With the passage of the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment in the $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government until September 30, 2017, Congress continues its hands-off approach to the medical marijuana industry. Attached as a rider to the appropriations bill, Rohrabacher-Farr now allows marijuana dispensaries powerful ‘safe harbor’ protections. As a consequence, SinglePoint, Inc. (OTC: SING) is rebooting its initiatives, started two years ago, to be a ‘first mover’ in providing payment solutions to the cannabis vertical through its SingleSeed payments subsidiary. SinglePoint has been working with medical marijuana (MMJ) businesses for a long time, as GeekWire reported in August 2014…

WednesdayMay 10, 2017 3:34 pm

FORM Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: FH) is “One to Watch”

FORM Holdings (NASDAQ: FH) employs a relatively simple yet extremely robust targeting matrix when it comes to acquiring new development candidates. It’s really all about what this diverse holding company can bring to table, as well as how much an otherwise promising, vetted target can benefit - whether it is additional capital and restructuring we are talking about, or full-scale rebranding and implementation of new best practice procedures. Similarly, candidates are selected that can clearly benefit from the kind of new talent recruitment, as well as tailored marketing, public relations, and visibility enhancement, that only an outfit of FORM Holdings’…

WednesdayMay 10, 2017 1:26 pm

BioCorRx (BICX) Offers New Hope for Individuals Addicted to Opioids, Alcohol

Addiction is a widespread crisis in the United States that doesn’t seem to have an end in sight. Both youth and adults suffer the devastating consequences of drug and alcohol addiction, and lives are lost and families are torn apart every day due to its destructive effects. In 2015 alone, more than 50,000 deaths resulted from drug overdoses in the U.S. (http://dtn.fm/2IdEz), but one company is offering new hope to millions of addicted individuals and their loved ones and making major strides to help turn the tide in America’s addiction epidemic. BioCorRx Inc. (OTCQB: BICX) is an addiction treatment company…

WednesdayMay 10, 2017 10:22 am

Whistleblowers Finger Bad Actors in the Financial Markets and Get Paid Millions by the SEC for Doing So

Back in 1970, in a seminal paper titled The Market for Lemons, George Akerlof highlighted how vitally important accurate information was to the effective functioning of the financial markets. It stands to reason: if the information reported by firms cannot be trusted, few would want to invest. The obfuscation and fraud practiced at Enron, WorldCom and other entities in the 1990s and disguised under a façade of positive earnings reports provided devastating proof, however, that the markets had not developed effective mechanisms for tackling information asymmetry, which occurs when one party to a contract knows a great deal more than…

WednesdayMay 10, 2017 9:43 am

QualityStocksNewsBreaks – InMed Pharmaceuticals (IMLFF) Announces Filing of Provisional Patent for INM-085

Pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company InMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: IMLFF) (CSE: IN) this morning announced the filing of a provisional patent application in the United States for INM-085 as a cannabinoid-based topical therapy for glaucoma. The company notes that this move marks an important step toward providing intellectual and commercial protection for INM-085. If approved, INM-085 could address an expansive global market that’s currently valued in excess of $5 billion. Per this morning’s update, glaucoma is currently the second-leading cause of blindness, driven by risk factors such as increased pressure in the eye, a family history of the condition, migraines, high…

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