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Creso Pharma, ASX-listed, Swiss-based innovative medical cannabis product developer, has started 2020 strongly as it aims to bring the best of cannabis to better the lives of people and animals.

China is set to see a massive lift in demand for natural gas with current usage rates set to more than triple over the next 15 years.

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Report looks at the history of virus outbreaks and stock market responses.

Pitt Street Research finds Brookside Energy has adopted a real estate approach to grow in the Anadarko Basin

Late in 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) confirmed that domestic wholesale gas prices have risen two to three times higher than historical prices.

The global legal marijuana market size is expected to reach US$66.3bn by the end of 2025. Growth will be fuelled by increasing legalisation and the growing adoption of cannabis as a pharmaceutical product for treating severe medical conditions, such as cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, and other neurological conditions.

A huge jump in demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and Li-ion battery is anticipated for the coming decade. This demand has seen Europe develop the world’s fastest-growing lithium-ion production capacity.

Cannabis stocks had a challenging year in 2019, but signs are emerging that a change of fortunes is in store for the sector and a number of listed cannabis companies already look to be turning the corner.

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Report ponders the road ahead for the stock market in 2020.

Home to multiple multi-billion barrel oil discoveries, including the 25bn barrel Prudhoe Bay, US$250m is being ploughed into the North Slope of Alaska for exploration drilling this year, led by ConocoPhillips who is drilling eight wells.