Global Markets: Biden withdraws from election race

Endorses VP Harris to be Democrats' candidate

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   United States President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential election on Sunday, a day after he stated he would remain in the race. With a few weeks before the Democratic convention, […] Read more

Global Markets: Global tech outage affects numerous industries

Reading Time: < 1 minute The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Operations in multiple industries including airlines, banks and media outlets were disrupted by a global tech outage on Friday. Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike took responsibility for the disruptions, citing a defect found in a content update for Microsoft Windows machines and […] Read more


Global Markets: Biden tests positive for COVID-19

Reading Time: 2 minutes The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday he tested positive for COVID-19 and will recuperate in his home state of Delaware over the weekend. Biden had planned to speak to Latino civil rights group UnidosUS in Las Vegas but […] Read more

Global Markets: Toronto deluged by summer storm

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A large midday rain event caused power outages and flash flooding in Toronto on Tuesday. Many commuter routes were drenched with up to 100 millimetres of precipitation in only a matter of hours. Dozens of vehicles […] Read more


Global Markets: Trump selects Vance as running mate

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Republican presidential candidate and former United States President Donald Trump officially named Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his vice-presidential running mate on the first night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday. Vance, a former […] Read more

Global Markets: Trump survives assassination attempt

Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Former United States President Donald Trump was wounded in an attempt on his life at his campaign rally in Butler, Pa. on Saturday. Trump was speaking to a crowd of supporters when loud gunshots were heard. […] Read more


Global Markets: AT&T reveals massive breach

Includes customers in Canada

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Multinational telecommunications company AT&T announced on Friday that tens of millions of cellphone customers, including those in Canada, were exposed to a massive data breach from May to October 2022. Officials […] Read more

Global Markets: U.S. inflation slips back in June

Comes in below analysts' expectations

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Consumer prices in the United States fell 0.1 per cent in June which marked the first such decline since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Bureau of Labour […] Read more


Global Markets: Inflation down in China, U.S. but with different concerns

As U.S. battle interest rate, China is facing deflation

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Inflation in China eased back to a 0.2 per cent increase in June from a 0.3 per cent gain in May, according to the country’s National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. […] Read more

Global Markets: Canadians worrying about their finances

Majority say they're struggling with inflation

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   TransUnion released survey results on Tuesday of Canadian consumers, finding that 57 per cent said their incomes are not keeping up with inflation. Also, 38 per cent said they expect bill […] Read more