Tea company's shares rocket after adding the word "blockchain" to its name

Nicholas Fearn
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Moribund tea maker sees shares leap almost 300 per cent purely by adding "blockchain" to its name

Drinks company Long Island Iced Tea Corporation saw its stock price rocket yesterday after announcing plans to change its name to "Long Blockchain".  The company added that the name change refle...

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