This Harvard grad is building a luxury weed business that he expects to bring in $50 million a year

by | Aug 7, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

Headquartered in Desert Hot Springs, California, Canndescent is part of a new wave of start-ups looking to capitalize on the recent law change in the state. In November 2016, California passed Proposition 64, legalizing the sale and use of marijuana for recreational...

T-Mobile is hoping to lure baby boomers with a $60 two-line wireless plan

by | Aug 7, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

In a Monday morning press release announcing an aggressively priced new wireless smartphone plan T-Mobile jokes that you might want to get a fake ID. Not to prove you’ve come of drinking age, but rather you reached the age bracket to qualify for the T-Mobile One...

Op-Ed: Why I left a job with the police department to launch a marijuana edibles business

by | Aug 7, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

A year later I applied to work as a police dispatcher, answering 911 calls and operating a police radio. Because I started the job at such a young age, I wanted to learn and gain experience as quickly as possible. I read every book in the building. I attended every...

Funds target ‘unknown’ stocks as Wall Street cuts analyst jobs

by | Aug 7, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

With a nearly 30-percent gain in 2017, shares of industrial products maker Handy & Harman are outpacing hot stocks like Google-parent Alphabet and Visa. Yet few on Wall Street have ever heard of the $412-million market-cap company, in large part because no...