Global markets

Reading Time: 2 minutes By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has announced that it plans to reduce its environmental impact by becoming carbon neutral. Chief executive officer Michael McCain said “the global food system must change dramatically if […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China resumed importing Canadian beef and pork. China had suspended imports in June due to complaints of a restricted substance found in the meat. A subsequent investigation found the paperwork had been tampered […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Many key White House witnesses are scheduled to testify to Congress this week as a part of United States President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry. However, some Republicans are boycotting the proceedings at the […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 1 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Calgary-based Encana, one of Canada’s largest energy companies, declared itself to be a United States company on Thursday. The move reportedly won’t mean major big job losses in Alberta. Encana Chief Executive Officer […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 31 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Members of the United States House of Representatives will vote today on the rules of impeachment. Democrats undertook impeachment proceedings after it was revealed President Donald Trump allegedly pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Some progress was made in resolving the Canada/China dispute, according to Glacier Farm Media. Officials from both countries met privately in Geneva on Tuesday under the auspices of the World Trade Organization. Following […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with Governor General Julie Payette on Tuesday to confirm his intention to form a government after last week’s federal election. Trudeau’s Liberals won 157 seats, 13 […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 28 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A poll of 2,002 Canadians conducted by accounting firm MNP and released on Monday found 48 per cent are so deeply in debt that they have less than C$200 in discretionary income each […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 25 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad, Iraq were met with live gunfire and tear gas, as protests resumed in the country after a three-week hiatus. At least one person was reported dead and 200 injured. […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 24 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump said his country will lift recently imposed sanctions on imports from Turkey, on the condition that Turkey stops combat operations in northern Syria. Meanwhile, the Russian military has […] Read more