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NASA's newly rediscovered IMAGE mission provided key aurora research

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NASA's newly rediscovered IMAGE mission provided key aurora research Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 05, 2018

On Jan. 20, 2018, amateur astronomer Scott Tilley detected an unexpected signal coming from what he later postulated was NASA's long-lost IMAGE satellite, which had not been in contact since 2005. On Jan. 30, NASA - along with help from a community of IMAGE scientists and engineers - confirmed that the signal was indeed from the IMAGE spacecraft. Whatever the next steps for IMAGE may be, the mis Reported by Terra Daily 13 hours ago.

Anova Technologies Acquires Wireless Assets to deliver 300Mbps of transport between CME, CBOE, BATS and NASDAQ

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NEW YORK & CHICAGO & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anova Technologies, a preeminent provider of financial connectivity, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a long haul wireless network between 2905 Diehl Rd, Aurora, IL, 1400 Federal Blvd, Carteret, New Jersey and the Equinix campus of NY2/NY4/NY5 in Secaucus, New Jersey. These addresses are the respective locations of CME, NASDAQ and CBOE/BATS electronic trading facilities. The network, which is operational today, has the capability to bi-dire Reported by Business Wire 7 hours ago.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. to Acquire up to 40% of Liquor Stores N.A. Ltd.

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Liquor Stores N.A. Ltd. (TSX:LIQ) and Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB) rallied on Monday following the announcement of a strategic investment by Aurora. What should you do now? Reported by Motley Fool 7 hours ago.

2019 Byton electric SUV to feature level 4 autonomy with Aurora tech

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This Byton Concept previewed the firm's "almost production-ready" SUV

Crossover Concept from Chinese start-up previewed final model; it has a 469bhp powertrain, 323-mile range and dashboard-filling display screen

Chinese electric car start-up Byton has confirmed it is working with driverless car tech company Aurora on level 4 autonomy for its first SUV - meaning it will be be able to drive itself without any human input.

Byton, which is run by ex-BMW I boss Carsten Breitfeld, joins Volkswagen and Hyundai as a car brand to team up with Aurora to speed up development of its tech. Aurora is headed by Google's former autonomous driving boss, Chris Urmson, and several pioneers of the autonomous car industry.

*Why Volkswagen, Hyundai and Byton are teaming up with a self-driving start-up firm*

Byton said its SUV will feature driver assistance systems based around Aurora's suite of hardware, including cameras, ultrasonic sensors, radar and laser scanners. It has been designed so that components can be upgraded as technology develops. The vehicle architecture is designed for 5G mobile data connection, with speeds of up to 10 gigabytes a second.

Byton previewed its SUV model in a concept at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It is a premium full-electric SUV that the first describes as being “almost production ready.” The firm has cited a range of up to 323 miles for the Concept, which is due to enter production in 2019 and cost around £33,200 (US $45,000).

*CES 2018: concepts cars and automotive news from the Consumer Electronics Show*

The Byton will be available in two powertrain configurations, with either a single 268bhp electric motor driving the rear axle that produces 295lb ft of torque, or a four-wheel-drive version with motors driving each axle. The two motors in the 4WD version combine for 469bhp and 524lb ft of torque. 

Power will be stored in modular lithium ion batteries that form part of the vehicle chassis. While Byton hasn’t revealed the capacity of the batteries, it says the Concept will have a range of 248 miles, increasing to 323 miles with an upgraded battery pack.

*Insight: why demand from China is spurring growth of electric car sales *

The Byton Concept is 4850mm long, 1940mm wide and 1650mm high, and runs on 22inch wheels. At the front of the car, slim LED headlights top what Byton refers to as a ‘Smart Surface’. 

Instead of door handles, the Concept features facial recognition cameras that check biometric data and will only unlock the door to authorised users. 

The interior is dominated by a 1250mm by 250mm ‘Shared Experience Display’ that fills the dashboard. It is comprised of three panels, which can be customised. It is also used to show images from three rear-facing cameras: two take the place of the wing mirrors, with a third mounted in the car’s rear. The brightness and background colour of the display adjust automatically to suit lighting conditions.

The Shard Experience Display features gesture and voice control, or can be operated by a smartphone app. There are two displays for passengers in the rear, with the same control methods.

The main driver information, including navigation systems, is displayed in a touch-controlled 8in Driver Tablet integrated into the steering wheel. The edges of the display feature buttons for the drive selectors, indicators and infotainment volume.

Each seat features a facial recognition camera that will identify the user and allow personalised settings to be transferred to any seat. The front seats can swivel by 12 degrees. The SUV is due to go into production in 2019, and Byton president Daniel Kirchert has said that a saloon car and MPV, based on the same platform, will follow soon after. 

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*CES 2018: concepts cars and automotive news from the Consumer Electronics Show*

*Insight: why demand from China is spurring growth of electric car sales *

*Changan is coming: another Chinese firm aiming for European success* Reported by Autocar 6 hours ago.

Why Volkswagen, Hyundai and Byton are teaming up with a self-driving start-up firm

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The VW Moia ride-sharing vehicle

A new company set up by the former head of the Google car project has become a key player in autonomous technology

You probably haven’t heard of Aurora Innovation. And there’s no real reason you should have.

But you’ll definitely have heard of two firms that, at this year’s CES, announced partnerships with the tiny company to use its autonomous technology: Volkswagen and Hyundai. Now, Chinese car maker Byton has confirmed it's also working with Aurora, emphasising the brand's global reach.

*Click here to read more about C**ES 2018*

That two major car groups, as well as a fast growing new one, have reached a deal with a relatively unproven company is unprecedented in an industry known for being conservative when you consider Aurora was established just over a year ago with only five staff.

Three of them initially worked out of co-founder Chris Urmson’s home in Palo Alto, California, US, with two operating from an old restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

They key, of course, involves the experience of those three co-founders: Urmson is the former boss of Google’s autonomous driving division, Sterling Anderson previously worked for Tesla, and Drew Bagnell was Uber’s autonomous vehicle leader.

So while Aurora was only founded last year, it’s run by some of the pioneers of self-driving vehicles. Canadian Urmson has been working on autonomous technology since his time as a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. His work on a NASA robot led to the opportunity to develop an autonomous car for the DARPA Challenge event in 2003. In 2007, CMU’s self-driving Chevrolet Tahoe won the DARPA Urban Challenge.

He then spent just over seven years working on the technology for Google, before deciding he needed a new challenge. But his time at CMU and Google helped turn Urmson, now 41, into a key figurehead in the self-driving world.

“When I left Google, it made the national news,” he says, adding: “That was bizarre.”

And, after a few months out, he helped establish Aurora.

During his time with Google, Urmson met Jurgen ‘JJ’ Jungwirth, VW’s chief digital officer at CES. Jungwirth said: “I took a ride in Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius.

"I’ve seen the progress Chris made with Google’s team and systems. When it was clear his decision was to establish Aurora Innovation and make the best self-driving system in the world and work in a friendly way with OEMs, we talked again.”

VW and Aurora have been working together for around a year, and in the last six months have begun integrating Aurora’s self-driving system – including sensors, hardware and software – into VW Group platforms.Urmson describes Aurora’s opportunity to work with VW as “profound".

“Building an affordable ecosystem that enables VW to be as successful as they have been is a difficult business, and it takes a set of processes and a mindset. It’s a very different thing to what you see in Silicon Valley, when the most complex product is a smartphone that takes six to nine months to develop."

It’s that ability of tech firms to be more agile and responsive that has attracted Volkswagen, Hyundai and now Byton to Aurora.

Fellow Aurora founder Anderson added: “We felt when we started Aurora that if we pulled together an experienced team that understands every facet of autonomous vehicles, we could combine it was the strengths a company such as Volkswagen has in terms of development and production and move more quickly than we could separately.”

Urmson says that the key to Aurora’s rapid rise is ensuring everyone is passionate about the goal to make self-driving cars, rather than money – although he noted he’s “not opposed” to the latter. With two major car firms on board, Aurora is expanding rapidly – there’s a long list of vacancies on its website. But Urmson says expansion plans will never include the firm developing its own car. “Making one car is easy,” he said. “Making a million is an incredibly complex thing.”

But make no mistake: while you might not see Aurora’s name on the front of a car anytime soon, the firm could become a key player in the shape of motoring in the future.

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*Volkswagen Group targets self-driving cars on public roads by 2021*

*New legislation to allow driverless cars on UK roads by 2021*

*Volvo to supply 24,000 self-driving XC90s to Uber* Reported by Autocar 6 hours ago.

Why Volkswagen, Hyundai and Byton are teaming up with self-driving start-up

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The VW Moia ride-sharing vehicle

A company set up by the former head of Google's car project has become a key player in autonomous technology

You probably haven’t heard of Aurora Innovation. And there’s no real reason you should have.

But you’ll definitely have heard of the two firms that, at this year’s CES, announced partnerships with the tiny company to use its autonomous technology: Volkswagen and Hyundai. Now, Chinese car maker Byton has confirmed that it's also working with Aurora, emphasising the nascent company's global reach.

*Click here to read more about C**ES 2018*

That two major car groups, as well as a fast-growing new one, have reached a deal with a relatively unproven company is unprecedented in an industry known for being conservative. Aurora was established just over a year ago with only five staff.

Three of them initially worked out of co-founder Chris Urmson’s home in Palo Alto, California, with two operating from an old restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The key, of course, is the experience of those three co-founders; Urmson is the former boss of Google’s autonomous driving division, Sterling Anderson previously worked at Tesla and Drew Bagnell was Uber’s autonomous vehicle leader.

So while Aurora was only founded a year earlier, it’s run by some of the pioneers of self-driving vehicles. Canadian Urmson has been working on autonomous technology since his time as a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). His work on a NASA robot led to the opportunity to develop an autonomous car for the DARPA Challenge event in 2003. In 2007, CMU’s self-driving Chevrolet Tahoe won the DARPA Urban Challenge.

Urmson then spent more than seven years working on the technology for Google, before deciding that he needed a new challenge. But the time at CMU and Google helped turn Urmson, now 41, into a key figurehead in the self-driving world.

“When I left Google, it made the national news,” he said, adding: “That was bizarre.”

And, after a few months, he helped establish Aurora.

During his time at Google, Urmson met Jurgen ‘JJ’ Jungwirth, VW’s chief digital officer at CES. Jungwirth said: “I took a ride in Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius.

"I’ve seen the progress Chris made with Google’s team and systems. When it was clear his decision was to establish Aurora Innovation and make the best self-driving system in the world and work in a friendly way with OEMs, we talked again.”

VW and Aurora have been working together for around a year and, in the past six months, begun integrating Aurora’s self-driving system – including sensors, hardware and software – into VW Group platforms. Urmson described Aurora’s opportunity to work with VW as “profound".

“Building an affordable ecosystem that enables VW to be as successful as they have been is a difficult business, and it takes a set of processes and a mindset," Urmson said. "It’s a very different thing to what you see in Silicon Valley, when the most complex product is a smartphone that takes six to nine months to develop."

It’s that ability of tech firms to be more agile and responsive that has attracted VW, Hyundai and now Byton to Aurora.

Fellow Aurora founder Anderson added: “We felt when we started Aurora that if we pulled together an experienced team that understands every facet of autonomous vehicles, we could combine it with the strengths a company such as Volkswagen has in terms of development and production and move more quickly than we could separately.”

Urmson said that the key to Aurora’s rapid rise is ensuring everyone is passionate about the goal of making self-driving cars rather than money – although he noted he’s “not opposed” to the latter. With two major car firms on board, Aurora is expanding rapidly – there’s a long list of vacancies on its website. But Urmson added expansion plans will never include Aurora developing its own car. “Making one car is easy,” he said. “Making a million is an incredibly complex thing.”

But make no mistake: while you may not see Aurora’s name on the front of a car any time soon, the firm could become a key player in motoring in the future.

*Read more *

*Volkswagen Group targets self-driving cars on public roads by 2021*

*New legislation to allow driverless cars on UK roads by 2021*

*Volvo to supply 24,000 self-driving XC90s to Uber* Reported by Autocar 6 hours ago.

Vida Partners with Vitality Group to Bring Personalized Digital Therapeutics To Employers and Employees

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Vida to be offered to Vitality customers via newly released Gateway program

SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) February 06, 2018

Vida Health, a digital therapeutics platform that helps employees and members overcome chronic physical and behavioral health problems, today announced a partnership with Vitality Group, a health tech company committed to making people healthier worldwide. Vida’s digital therapeutics, coupled with human coaching and therapy, will be offered through the Gateway program to Vitality users effective immediately.

The Vitality Gateway program integrates strategic partners across the broader health ecosystem to connect employees to resources that improve their health. Vida will provide employees using Gateway with personalized digital therapeutic programs, bundled with relevant health monitoring devices and one-on-one health coaching and therapy. Individuals using Vida can tackle a number of conditions and health goals including: weight loss, nutrition, pre-diabetes, diabetes, depression, anxiety, stress management, hypertension, and obesity.

“Vitality understands that health and wellness are becoming more and more personalized, and employers and employees want access to a full range of effective options,” said Vida Health CEO Stephanie Tilenius. “Vitality and Vida are well-matched as partners since we both leverage the latest research and approaches in behavioral health and science to improve employee health, engagement and wellness. Through Vida, Vitality users will be able to access evidence-based digital therapeutics programs for managing chronic disease.”

The highest health insurance claim costs typically come from employees with comorbidities. Vida’s digital therapeutics platform is uniquely able to drive down health care costs by helping individuals prevent, improve, and overcome multiple physical and behavioral health conditions simultaneously.

“We’re encouraged to see leading employers continue to invest in the health of their workforce,” said Tal Gilbert, Vitality USA CEO. “They’re building on their first generation wellness programs by broadening and deepening the interventions available. We’re excited to be working with some of the leading companies, like Vida, in the industry to help improve the health of millions of Americans in the workforce.”

Vida is currently deployed by leading employers and healthcare companies. Enterprise customers include eBay, Steelcase, FICO, West Marine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Stanford Medicine, Aurora Health Care, and Partners Healthcare.

To learn more, please visit http://www.vida.com.

About Vida Health

Vida is your health transformation partner. We help employees and members overcome chronic physical and behavioral health problems, once and for all.

We offer evidence-based digital therapeutics for multiple chronic conditions, including anxiety, depression, diabetes, prediabetes, and obesity. We combine rich program content with expert human coaching and therapy, and deliver our service through an easy-to-use mobile app.

Behavior science and machine learning are our underpinnings. Our digital therapeutics are proven to drive positive behavior change and produce lasting results. We leverage data science to personalize the experience to each individual, increasing program engagement and effectiveness.

Our array of evidence-based digital therapeutics enables us to help individuals struggling with comorbidities, treating them across multiple chronic physical and behavioral health conditions.

We are trusted by Fortune 1000 companies, major national payers, and large providers to help employees and members overcome their most persistent health challenges.

Vida can help anyone transform their health. Visit us online at http://www.vida.com.

About Vitality Group

Guided by a core purpose to make people healthier, Vitality is the leader in improving health to unlock outcomes that matter. By blending smart tech, data, incentives, and behavioral science, we inspire healthy changes in individuals and organizations. Vitality brings a global perspective through successful partnerships with the smartest insurers and most forward-thinking employers around the world. More than 7 million people in 14 countries engage in the Vitality program. For more information, please visit http://www.vitalitygroup.com. Reported by PRWeb 5 hours ago.

Bona Launches Next Generation Premium Hardwood Floor Mop

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Aurora, Feb. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- *Aurora, Colo., February 6, 2018* – –Bona US, the world leader in hardwood floor care and maintenance since 1919, today announced its next generation Bona^® Premium Spray Mop for Hardwood Floors. The newly designed mop offers a larger baseplate for faster cleaning, quick and easy assembly, and a full-size cleaning cartridge of fan favorite, Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner.

“We hear time and again from homeowners that life just keeps getting busier. Our mission at Bona is to innovate effective and easy cleaning solutions that also keep hardwood floors looking beautiful,” said Cate Vanegas, Director of Marketing, Bona US. “Our new, premium Bona Hardwood Floor Mop is an all-in-one, reside-free solution that is safe for hardwood floors and families.”

The redesigned Bona Premium Spray Mop for Hardwood Floors is available with a variety of new features, including:

· The 16.5" mop head with soft, rubberized corners protects baseboards and furniture, and is the largest in the industry which makes for a fast, easy cleaning experience.
· The machine washable Bona Microfiber Cleaning Pad features a unique design with dual zone cleaning action. The dark blue outer fibers break up grime while the inner light blue fibers trap and absorb dirt with 2.5 times more absorbency than Bona’s previous microfiber pad.
· Easy snap and click baseplate-to-pole connection makes assembly (and cleaning) quick and efficient. The retractable handle hook allows for simple storage.
· Full-size, 32 oz. cartridge of the original Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner is standard with each mop. This GREENGUARD GOLD certificated solution is safe for use in the home and around family. Formulated for all unwaxed, polyurethane finished wood floors, the Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner dries fast with no dulling residue.
· Redesigned cleaning cartridge features sturdy bag-in-bottle technology to prevent pressure loss and an audible click to ensure the cartridge is engaged.
· Wider opening and flat bottom for an easy refill experience. Reuse and refill the cartridge with any of Bona’s suite of cleaning products including Bona Free & Simple^®, Bona PowerPlus^® and Bona Stone, Tile & Laminate Cleaner.

The Bona Hardwood Floor Mop is available at major mass, grocery, e-commerce, hardware, home improvement, and merchandise retailing stores. The Premium Bona Hardwood Floor Mop retails for $39.99 MSRP. The Standard Bona Hardwood Floor Mop retails for $29.99 MSRP.

*About Bona US*

Bona is an innovative, environmentally-conscious company dedicated to creating beautiful floors since 1919. Bona US, the North American subsidiary of BonaAB in Malmö, Sweden, manufactures and distributes floor care and home cleaning products. The first in the industry to offer a full system of waterborne hardwood floor finishing and floor care products certified for indoor air quality by GREENGUARD, Bona products can be found throughout the U.S. and Canada. From residue-free hardwood floor cleaners to a beautiful array of stains and high durability finishes, consumers, distributors and contractors trust Bona. For more information, please contact Bona US at (800) 872-5515 or www.bona.com.

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CONTACT: Heather Lindemann
Bona
303-923-6694
heather.lindemann@bona.com Reported by GlobeNewswire 4 hours ago.

Top Marijuana Stock: Aurora Plays Master Stroke with Liquor Stores Deal

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This Marijuana Stock Is Firing on All Cylinders Ahead of Legalization Day After a massive dip through the last half of January, weed stocks are once again trading in green. Top marijuana stocks plu... Reported by FinanzNachrichten.de 2 hours ago.

Oklahoma City school superintendent’s resignation accepted

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City school board has accepted the resignation of Superintendent Aurora Lora. Board Chair Paula Lewis says the board accepted the resignation Tuesday night and that it is effective Thursday. Lora submitted her resignation as superintendent of the state’s largest district earlier Tuesday, less than a week after complaining on […] Reported by Seattle Times 6 days ago.

Pressed, fermented and bottled in Aurora: Haykin Family Cider opens new facility with tasting room

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Haykin Family Cider serves sparking hard cider out of the tap or bottle in the tasting room and has plenty of bottles to take home. Reported by Denver Post 6 days ago.

New Gaylord Rockies general manager digs into challenge of hiring 1,500 workers

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Rick Medwedeff is discussing partnerships with Aurora Public Schools and with Johnson & Wales University. Reported by bizjournals 6 days ago.

Aurora man who was shot by officers is found guilty of string of crimes

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An Aurora man was found guilty Wednesday of a string of crimes in June that led to him being shot by Denver police. Reported by Denver Post 6 days ago.

Top Marijuana Stock: Aurora Plays Master Stroke with Liquor Stores Deal

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This Marijuana Stock Is Firing on All Cylinders Ahead of Legalization Day
After a massive dip through the last half of January, weed stocks are once again trading in green. Top marijuana stocks plummeted as much as 30% during the mid-January slump. But the market correction was expected. This ebb and flow is part and parcel of marijuana investing. It was easily predictable for prices to retrace after their grand rally through the latter half of December.

We have been warning all along that the marijuana industry is acutely volatile. If you’ve been paying attention to our advice, you’d have little reason to worry.

Savvy investors can smoothly ride out these nauseating.

The post Top Marijuana Stock: Aurora Plays Master Stroke with Liquor Stores Deal appeared first on Profit Confidential. Reported by Profit Confidential 10 hours ago.

Stakes are high in public meetings on PolyMet mine permits

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two public meeting this week will give citizens one of their final chances to tell Minnesota officials what they think of the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. The events Wednesday in Aurora and Thursday in Duluth are meant to gather feedback on the draft permit to mine and some other key permits that […] Reported by Seattle Times 6 hours ago.

Byton partners with Aurora for self-driving tech

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Byton partners with Aurora for self-driving tech Chinese startup Byton announced on Monday it will lean on Aurora, a U.S.-based self-driving technology company, to help incorporate Level 4 and Level 5 self-driving tech into its prototype and possibly its production cars. Aurora has plenty of other partnerships with more established automakers, including Volkswagen and Hyundai, but Byton is an... Reported by MotorAuthority 6 hours ago.

PHOTOS: United States Olympic medalists visit heart patients at UCHealth in Aurora

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United States Olympic medalists Erik Johnson (hockey), Sophia Herzog (Paralympic swimming) and Allison Jones (Paralympic skiing and cycling) visited patients in the cardiac unit at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. Reported by Denver Post 24 minutes ago.

Aurora launches 3D printer Mcor ARKe in Taiwan

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Aurora, a distributor of office automation machines, has launched Mcor ARKe, a 3D printer using paper as material, in the Taiwan market. Reported by DigiTimes 19 hours ago.

Marijuana Stocks: A Bounce in Aurora Cannabis Stock Is Likely

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ACBFF Stock: Looking for Support
Marijuana stocks have been given the cold shoulder, and much of the gains that were created late last year have been completely erased.

The sell-off that gripped this sector, including *Aurora Cannabis Inc *(OTCMKTS:ACBFF), (TSE:ACB) stock, was not a complete surprise, and I outlined it on January 12 in a publication titled "Marijuana Stocks: Aurora Cannabis Stock Is Correcting as Expected." I explained that indications on the ACBFF stock chart were supporting the notion of lower prices.

The basis of my.

The post Marijuana Stocks: A Bounce in Aurora Cannabis Stock Is Likely appeared first on Profit Confidential. Reported by Profit Confidential 16 hours ago.

Canada Stats Show These Top 3 Market-Share Marijuana Stocks to Gain in 2018

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Top Canadian Marijuana Stocks for 2018
In case you needed more evidence of just how wild the marijuana industry can be, Monday was quite a ride for some of the biggest weed companies. While many investors were concerned about marijuana stocks crashing since mid-January, some of the most well-known companies started off the day dropping value by as much as five percent.

But by late morning, that had all changed, with *Aurora Cannabis Inc* (OTCMKTS:ACBFF),.

The post Canada Stats Show These Top 3 Market-Share Marijuana Stocks to Gain in 2018 appeared first on Profit Confidential. Reported by Profit Confidential 15 hours ago.
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