OSIsoft, root9B Form Industrial Control System Cyber Defense Partnership; Mike Morris Comments OSIsoft and root9B have forged a partnership to combine their platforms and services designed to help government and commercial clients protect their supervisory control and data acquisition platforms and other industrial control systems from cyber threats. Read more here.
Grasso: Take Two Aspirin and Call Your Broker in Six Months – In an interview on FOX Business Network, Former NYSE Chairman and CEO Dick Grasso shared his take on stock market turmoil.
Antimicrobial uses copper ions to kill foodborne bacteria A combined chemical regimen shows promise in decreasing Salmonella and Campylobacter bacterial count in poultry processing rinse stages. Read more here.
Trump never talked policy with military analyst he claimed as adviser The retired Army colonel who Donald Trump listed as one of his “go-to” advisers has never actually discussed national security policy with him, according to a report in Mother Jones on Wednesday. Read more here.
Gold rally might be ‘exaggerated’: Expert – Gold bull Bob Alderman explains why short covering in the precious metal could be fueling the recent rally.
The Hardships of Being a Navy SEAL Family Member What’s it like to be a family member of one of the Navy SEALs elite and how can you help their spouses and families? Tanya Rivero talks with two spouses of active SEAL team members on Lunch Break.
Agricultural Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have been around for decades offering investors a chance to buy land without actually taking title. Patterned after mutual funds, REITs offer income streams, diversification and long-term capital appreciation for investors. Historically REITs own apartments, hospitals, commercial real estate and even timberland. More recently […]
Megan and Kristin of the SEAL-NSW Family Foundation, talk about raising awareness and sustaining Naval Special Warfare families.
Investment firm plans to spend $300 million on farmland A new real estate investment trust is looking to spend $300 million on farm properties in the Northwest and the South. Read the full article here.
Hot cyber firm announces S.A. expansion root9B, a Colorado Springs-based cybersecurity firm, is expanding its San Antonio workforce. Read more here.
Two pensions put $300m into US Farm Trust REIT Funding comes from two pension funds that are not willing to be disclosed at this point, and the REIT will acquire row crop farmland in the Pacific Northwest region. Read more by visiting Agri Investor: https://www.agriinvestor.com/two-pensions-put-300m-into-us-farm-trust-reit-exclusive/
Tortoise Expects Generous Distribution Growth from MLPs By Amey Stone The bear market in master limited partnerships accelerated last week, with the sector falling 8.4% as many companies reported earnings. MLPs are now down 18.3% for year, and down 30% from peak level a year earlier. Read the full article here.
Tank Alert: Did Etsy IPO Too Soon? Etsy Inc. is ailing. The peer-to-peer eCommerce site tumbled 28 percent on Wednesday after investors reacted to worse-than-expected Q2 earnings. The company has had a rough first few months on the NASDAQ. Trading under $14 per share, Etsy is now pegged by the market as worth less than […]
This new approach could be a solution to our superbug crisis Drug-resistant bacteria, commonly known as superbugs, are making public health officials nervous, and a team of scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital think they may have two possible solutions to the problem: vaccines and antibodies designed to take on not just one superbug, but […]
Tortoise Capital Advisors Managing Director Rob Thummel discusses the impact of President Obama’s climate plan on energy investments. He speaks on “Market Makers.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Quad Group’s Chief Strategist Peter Borish discusses the performance of small hedge funds. He speaks on “Market Makers.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Firm builds Adversary Pursuit Center for remote cyber services An Adversary Pursuit Center is going up in Colorado Springs, Colo. Built by root9B, a cybersecurity services firm, the $2 million cybersecurity facility will provide remote security services to the company’s government and commercial clients. Read more here.
Airbnb Poaches Blackstone CFO on Path to IPO Airbnb, the vacation rentals startup, announced Friday that it hired Laurence Tosi away from Blackstone (BX) to join the company as chief financial officer. The hiring of Tosi, who spent seven years as CFO at the private equity firm, could be a signal that the $25.5 billion […]
GBI’s Bob Alderman Talks Gold in CNNMoney
Warren-based architecture and engineering firm hires three new architects Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor, a Warren-based architecture and engineering firm, announced it has hired architects Charles Clauser, Harry Wright and Stephen Sgro in its Cherry Hill office. The new hires, formally of Moorestown-based Costanza Spector Clauser Architects, come as part of PS&S’s expansion in South Jersey, […]
root9B to help U.S. military combat terrorism Cyber-security services company root9B will develop and implement cyber-capabilities and technologies to combat terrorism for the U.S. military. The special warfare technical support work is for the Department of Defense’s Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office and comes as a sub-contract from Silverback 7 Inc. Read more here.
Colorado Springs company building $2 million cyber security operations center Root9B, a Colorado Springs cyber security provider, plans to open a $2 million operations center next month in a downtown office tower to offer government and commercial clients remote computer network defense, training and other services. Read more here.
root9B To Support Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) Cyber Security firm, root9B has won a $48 million subcontract from Silverback 7 to provide special warfare technical support (SWTS) within the USCombating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO). The company announced Thursday that SWTS contract awarded to Silverback 7 has a period of performance of 5 […]
First Java Zero-Day Exploit in Two Years Used to Target NATO Members Operation Pawn Storm, a group of hackers specialized in cyber-espionage, was detected using a Java zero-day vulnerability on the armed forces of a certain NATO member and a US defense organization, as Trend Micro reports. Read more here.
Master limited partnerships (MLPs) which had put up a great show last year despite plunging oil prices saw a weak start to the year. MLPs finally had to give in to the oil price massacre. However, the weakness in the space gave many an entry point in these products, given their high level of yield. […]
Quad Group expands futures trading desk with key hires Quad Group, consisting of Quad Capital Management, Quad Securities Holdings and Quad Advisors, has recently added several experienced futures traders to its growing team. Read more here.
The next goal Jersey’s Carli Lloyd may find marketing her World Cup success to be a tougher task Let’s play a game of By The Numbers, soccer-style. The U.S. victory in the Women’s World Cup final over Japan earlier this month was the most-watched soccer game in the history of American television. Read more […]
Top Portfolio Products: Schwab Adds Commission-Free ETFs Tortoise rolls out a North American pipeline fund; Compass launches volatility-weighted ETFs. New products and changes introduced over the last week include an expansion of Schwab’s commission-free ETFs; three ETFs from Compass EMP; an ETF from Tortoise; and an ETF from First Trust. Read the full article here.
Gold-Heavy Christian Fund Puts Faith in Brink’s Vault A fund managed according to Christian values is placing faith in a Brink’s vault for its gold bullion, relying on no-action relief granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission that changes the rules on where funds could keep precious metals. Read more here.