Tag: TRST.T
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MedMen (MMEN.C): The Kings of Cannabis are dead but the stink remains
“In a sector rife with terrible CEOs that have wasted company treasury and goodwill…none come close to Bierman in terms of self enrichment, entitlement, and outward facing douchery,” wrote Chris Parry on January 31, 2020.
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Do not adjust your TV sets – Heritage Cannabis (CANN.C) is a real business
New licenses, deals, products – that’s all good – but it’s not the nitty gritty stuff investors are looking for now. By “nitty-gritty” we mean – numbers. Four weeks ago, Heritage released its Q1, 2020 financials.
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European office supplies manufacturer takes Wayland Group (WAYL.C) weed grow for $12.3m
The Wayland Group (WAYL.C) announced Thursday Austria-based Ring Holding International AG will purchase their Maricann assets, which essentially make up their entire business, for the bargain price of $12.3 million as part of ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. The purchaser of the Maricann assets is a family office with a core focus on the manufacturing of lever…
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CannTrust (TRST.T) burns $77 million of illegal weed
While Canadian investors digested their Thanksgiving turkey, CannTrust (TRST.T) announced that it has “destroyed approximately $12 million of biological assets and approximately $65 million worth of inventory that was not authorized by CannTrust’s licence,” bring the total value of the torched product to $77 million”. Although the Toronto Stock Exchange was closed for the Canadian…
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E-Sports ETFs are terrible and not really about e-sports, but what is?
Zynga (ZNGA.Q), the mobile video game developer, is a terrible investment. The sort of large company that only stays large because it’s large to begin with, thereby attracting dumb investment from institutional folks who buy the things they see mentioned on CNBC, Zynga made US$280 million in revenues last quarter, dropping a net loss of…
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CannTrust (TRST.T) cannabis sales license suspended by Health Canada, and the clock is ticking
Turns out running an illegal drug operation out of your legal, licensed drug operation isn’t such a good business model. Health Canada announced today what many had long assumed was coming, when they suspended CannTrust’s (TRST.T) license to sell and process cannabis in the wake of ongoing allegations of illegal behaviour. When TRST stock was…
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CannTrust (TRST.T) sacks workers, calls it ‘commitment to regulatory compliance’
There’s an old damage control routine that goes, instead of admitting you have a problem, you focus on how you’ve fixed the problem you had, so the interested observer focuses on your fix and not your initial incompetence. CannTrust is at that chapter in their Damage Control 101 textbook. In a news release titled, “Canntrust…
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Supreme Cannabis (FIRE.T) goes on unexpected slide as ETFs re-calibrate, jump CannTrust (TRST.T) 50%
One of the big lessons both a public company CEO and a public company investor have to learn and remember always is, sometimes the market will take you out back and shoot you in the head and it’s not actually your fault, the gods determined that it just had to be done. Supreme Cannabis (FIRE.T)…
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GONE: CannTrust (TRST.V) execs bounced by board after 3 Stooges-like revelations of stupidity
We may never know whether it was the brazen hubris of doing a promotional video in front of an unlicensed grow room filled with illegal plants, or if it was the email trail the Globe and Mail discovered yesterday that showed top brass at CannTrust (TRST.V) were not only aware the company was growing illegal…
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CannTrust (TRST.T) executives should go to jail: Emails show deliberate criminality
There’s a difference between incompetence and criminality. Incompetence is “What? That’s weed? I thought those were tomato seeds!” Criminality is “1) RG8 is not licenced but has plants in it; 2) RG9 is not licenced but we are intending to put plants in it on Monday; 3) PA2A-E are not licenced but we have moved…
