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Curaleaf agrees to acquire marijuana giant Grassroots for $875 million

Massachusetts-based Curaleaf, a cannabis company with a market cap of about $3.6 billion, on Wednesday agreed to buy…

News July 17
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Massachusetts gives initial OK to marijuana cafes, delivery firms

Massachusetts regulators gave preliminary approval to rules that would permit marijuana cafes and delivery services in the state,…

News June 26
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Marijuana investing, hedge funds and building a multistate MJ company: Q&A with Ascend CEO Abner Kurtin

Abner Kurtin spent almost his entire professional career in the hedge fund and investment industries before founding Boston-based…

News May 29
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Cannabis group Curaleaf to acquire Cura Partners for CA$1.27 billion

Massachusetts-based Curaleaf, a vertically integrated cannabis company, agreed to acquire Portland, Oregon-based Cura Partners in an all-stock deal…

News May 1
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Marijuana investor grants Harvard, MIT $9 million to study MMJ

A major cannabis industry investor has made what is thought to be one of the largest private donations…

News April 30
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MA regulators investigate licensing limits of cannabis firms Acreage, Sea Hunter

Massachusetts regulators are scrutinizing whether cannabis companies Acreage Holdings and Sea Hunter Therapeutics violated state limits on how…

News March 29
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Suspended Massachusetts medical marijuana store allowed to open again

A medical cannabis dispensary in Acton, Massachusetts, that was ordered by the state to temporarily close, has been given permission…

News March 13
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Cannabis firms offer stock options, poach job candidates: Q&A with recruiter Karson Humiston

When Karson Humiston founded the Denver-based cannabis recruitment agency Vangst in 2015, she'd call prospective candidates herself. Today,…

News February 19
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Massachusetts regulators close medical marijuana dispensary for violations

A Massachusetts medical cannabis dispensary is closed until it corrects a dozen violations found by state regulators during…

News February 13
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