With pot hitting the shelves this past January 1 in California, pot shops are not the laid back shops one might have expected. In fact, they’re crazy busy. January saw long lines outside new dispensaries, extended hours, and shortages. Weed business is definitely booming in the golden state. The Marijuana Business Daily recently reported on […]

The Rams had a big turnaround year in the 2017–18 season. Standout performances by Jared Goff and Todd Gurley led the team to an amazing reversal of fortune, with a 4–12 sea­son a year back to 11–5 this just finished season. Financially, what does this mean? We that remains to be tallied, but ESPN has […]

The MoneyTree™ Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association. Thomson Reuters tell us that there were just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year. This bucks a national trend where VC investment is off 19%. In terms of dollars, San Diego led Southern […]

President Obama signed into law the American Jobs (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act, which is designed to help add jobs and bolster the economy. The bill includes $253 billion in tax credits and $194 billion in spending, plus extension of unemployment benefits. Among its elements are the following specific actions: Cutting and suspending $245 billion […]