The rapid digitization of supply chains creates serious new security risks. According to predictions by Gartner, 45% of organizations worldwide will have experienced cyberattacks on their software supply chains by 2025. With 60% of the current workforce working remotely, organizations are more vulnerable to attacks. They recommend that security leaders look beyond traditional approaches to […]

In July 2020, Flora Growth (NASDAQ: FLGC), a cannabis cultivator, brand manufacturer, and global distributor, appointed Luis Merchan as the President of Consumer Goods. Mr. Merchan would lead the company’s CBD portfolio, eventually launching four unique brands in the United States and facilitating the growth of the company’s operating divisions (https://ibn.fm/g5z3H). His performance would influence […]

Canada is stepping up its game in a bid to meet its goal of net zero emissions by 2050, a benchmark that has become the target of many countries worldwide. Currently, over 140 countries have officially set targets or are considering a net zero by 2050 commitment. In June 2021, Canada passed the Canadian Net-Zero […]

HeartBeam’s (NASDAQ: BEAT) small, portable, easy-to-use heart-attack detection solution was the focus of a recent Big Biz Show episode; the Big Biz Show features fast-talking, hard-hitting discussions on business and finance. During the interview, Big Biz Show host Bob “Sully” Sullivan chatted with HeartBeam founder and CEO Branislav Vajdic, PhD, about the company’s groundbreaking new […]

Jupiter Wellness (NASDAQ: JUPW), a diversified company that supports health and wellness by researching and developing over-the-counter (“OTC”) products and intellectual property, recently issued a Letter to Shareholders to provide key corporate updates since the company’s last report on September 15, 2022 (https://ibn.fm/0jcD8). In addition to updates to its clinical trial pipeline, entering the potentially […]

Two years ago, Eloro Resources Ltd. (TSX.V: ELO) (OTCQX: ELRRF) (FSE: P2QM), an exploration and mine development company with a portfolio of gold and base-metal properties in Bolivia, Peru and Quebec, was taking its initial steps towards realizing its maiden drilling campaign within in its Iska Iska project located in southern Bolivia. Today, the company […]

When the San Diego Unified School District acknowledged recently that the personal information of many current and former employees was taken by unknown actors in a cybersecurity incident, it established that potentially malicious individuals have turned to public school systems in the latest reports of computer breaches. NBC affiliate KNSD reported that prior to the […]

Legal cannabis has become the the sixth-largest cash crop in the United States after corn, soybeans, hay, wheat and cotton (https://ibn.fm/64tSI), and voters continue to address the potentials of an expanding market for recreational marijuana (https://ibn.fm/1Z86I). Non-recreational medicinal cannabis has been legalized in 37 states and continues to fuel a multi-billion dollar industry (https://ibn.fm/E1Qcb), which […]

Housing market watchers are celebrating the Federal Reserve’s announcement Dec. 14 that it was going to raise the federal funds rate for the seventh time this year to curb inflation, recognizing that the announcement was in line with predictions that cooling inflation trends could lead to the start of a trend by policymakers to lower […]

As 2022 winds down, another year of lessons about data protection is in the books, alongside a year’s worth of notable breaches that made cybercriminals rich while costing economies and businesses billions of dollars. Teenage hacker group Lapsus bursts on the scene, hacking some of the world’s biggest companies, including Microsoft and Samsung. Vice Society […]