Canadian Banker Snags $750 Million in Marijuana Business as Rivals Say No

Cannabis Business Times
Apr 4, 2018, 1:07 pm8 pts
In a down-and-out Canadian town, Bruce Linton dreamed of transforming an abandoned Hershey Co. chocolate plant into the Next Big Thing, a medical marijuana factory. But the cannabis entrepreneur faced a crisis typical of his edgy industry: Banks shut their doors in his face. It began with Royal Bank of Canada.…

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