Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A British politician was reportedly stabbed multiple times while meeting with constituents at a church in eastern England. David Amess, 69, is a Member of Parliament for the ruling Conservative Party. A suspect […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – At least five people are dead in Beirut and dozens more injured after gunfire broke out at a protest against the judge investigating last year’s deadly port explosion in the Lebanon capital. Hundreds […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States will reopen its land border with Canada to fully vaccinated travellers sometime in early November, according to U.S. officials. The border has been closed to non-essential travel since March 2020 […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Heavy rains in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi have reportedly killed at least 15 people, with an estimated 120,000 displaced by the downpours which triggered floods and housing collapses. The state is […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been won by journalists Maria Ressa, of the Philippines, and Dmitry Muratov, of Russia. They were recognized for their “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.” […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG, Oct. 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Pfizer Inc. has officially filed for approval with the United States Food and Drug Administration to allow the use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages five to 11. If the Emergency Use Authorization is […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Crude oil prices were weaker on Wednesday after climbing to their highest levels in years this week. A report from the American Petroleum Institute showing larger than expected supplies in the United States […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is set to appear before a United States Senate committee on Tuesday to discuss her wide-ranging allegations against the company. With thousands of pages of documents, the former Facebook […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The details of millions of leaked financial documents, known as the Pandora Papers, were revealed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists over the weekend. The documents uncover financial secrets of 35 current […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 1 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada said on Friday that the country’s GDP shrank by 0.1 per cent in July as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to play havoc on the economy. This marked the […] Read more