Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 1 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian National Railway’s (CN) attempt to acquire the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) was dealt a severe blow on Tuesday when the United States Surface Transportation Board (STB) blocked the […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 31 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – After two decades the United States pulled out of Afghanistan on Tuesday, making it the longest war the superpower has fought. During the extensive airlift, the U.S. military estimated they […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Despite later weakening into a tropical storm as it made its way further inland, Hurricane Ida still left a path of destruction as it hit Louisiana on Sunday. Governor John Bel Edwards asked residents to stay where they […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Evacuation efforts out of Afghanistan resumed on Friday, a day after a pair of suicide bombings targeted the airport killing at least 95 Afghans and 13 United States military personnel. Canada has already […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG, Aug. 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Pentagon confirmed that there was an explosion outside the Kabul airport on Thursday, although casualties are unknown as evacuation efforts continue in Afghanistan. The United States is facing a Aug. 31 deadline to leave […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 25 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States House of Representatives has passed President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint, ending a standoff with more moderate democrats that had threatened to stall economic recovery in the country. All Republicans […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 24 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, met with a top Taliban official in Kabul on Monday as evacuation efforts continue in the country ahead of an Aug. 31 […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Gunfire broke out at the Kabul airport on Monday, leaving at least one person dead, as evacuation efforts continue in Afghanistan. Dozens of others have died in the turmoil at the airport in […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Friday that retail sales increased 4.2 per cent to C$56.2 billion in June, mainly due to COVID-19 restrictions being eased. Clothing and clothing accessory stores reported a 49.1 per cent gain in sales during […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Health officials in the United States announced on Wednesday plans to offer Americans a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine eight months after their second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. Those who have taken the one-dose Johnson […] Read more