Global markets

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Thursday marks Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which honours the children, survivors, families and communities affected by the residential school system. For more than 100 years, over […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Former Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida is set to become the country’s next prime minister, succeeding Yoshihide Suga who resigned on Sept. 3. In an upset to win the presidency […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 28 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Goldman Sachs became the fourth major finance institution to cut its forecast of economic growth in China, due to a series of power outages throughout the country. On Tuesday, Goldman […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China said on Monday that it released Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for health reasons, claiming there wasn’t a connection between the two Michaels with the release of Huawei executive […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will appear virtually in a federal court to resolve charges filed in the United States against her, a source told Reuters. Meng was arrested at Vancouver International Airport in December 2018 […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – After retail sales declined in early summer, Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday the value of receipts in Canada increased 2.1 per cent in August to C$57 billion. In July, sales went down 0.6 per cent. Retail sales are […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A car carrying an aide to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was hit with automatic gunfire outside Kyiv on Wednesday. The aide, Serhiy Shefir, was not injured but his driver was wounded as the car was hit 18 times. […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Justin Trudeau will remain Prime Minister of Canada as his Liberal Party was elected to a third straight term and second consecutive minority government on Monday. The election, which was controversially called by Trudeau in an attempt to […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – For the first time in two years, Canadians will go to the polls to elect Members of Parliament in the 44th Canadian general election on Monday. Writs of election were issued by Governor General Mary Simon on Aug. […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Health Canada announced on Thursday it has approved brand names for the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca. The Pfizer vaccine will now be known as Comirnaty, the Moderna vaccine will go by SpikeVax, and the AstraZeneca […] Read more