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Nelson Peltz, chief executive officer of Trian Fund Management, speaks during the WSJDLive Global Technology Conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Oct. 25, 2016. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Patrick T. Fallon.

March 13, 2019 at 8:00 am

High-profile billionaire Nelson Peltz joins Aurora Cannabis as strategic adviser

While the cannabis industry has attracted plenty of high-profile names, Peltz is arguably the highest-profile investor to take a job with a pot firm.

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February 20, 2019 at 7:56 am

Tilray taps U.S. hemp-food market with Manitoba Harvest deal

The stock of cannabis company Tilray, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Privateer Holdings, climbed 5.3 percent Wednesday on news of the deal.

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Employees work in the Mother Room at the Canopy Growth Corp. facility in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Canadian medical marijuana is setting the stage to go global. The country’s emerging legal producers have a chance to seize opportunities in other countries that could make them worldwide leaders, according to Linton. Photographer: Chris Roussakis/Bloomberg 775096087

December 7, 2018 at 6:00 am

O cannabis! U.S. faces fight with Canada for marijuana supremacy

Will U.S. or Canadian companies dominate the burgeoning legal marijuana business? The four biggest weed companies in the world, including two with valuations in the...

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September 18, 2018 at 8:44 am

Tilray is first Canadian company to import medical pot to U.S.

Tilray, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Privateer Holdings, will work with the University of California San Diego's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research on a clinical trial.

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