Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States Congress certified the presidential election victory of Donald Trump without incident on Monday, presided by the candidate Trump defeated, vice-president Kamala Harris. Four years earlier, Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building in […] Read more
Global Markets: Trump election victory certified
Global Markets: PM Trudeau to resign: sources
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a news conference for 9:45 a.m. CST on Monday to discuss his political future, at which many believe he will announce his resignation. Trudeau has been under pressure from numerous […] Read more
Global Markets: Biden nixes U.S. Steel sale
Nippon, U.S. Steel weighing legal options
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. United States President Joe Biden said on Friday that he’s blocking the US$14.1 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel. Biden based his decision on a report from a U.S. […] Read more
Global Markets: FBI say New Orleans attack an act of terrorism
Pick-up driven into crowd along Bourbon Street
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. The death toll in the New Year’s attack in New Orleans remained at 15 people on Thursday morning, with at least another 30 injured. The Federal Bureau of Investigation deemed the […] Read more
Global Markets: U.S. Treasury Department hacked
Hackers comprised BeyondTrust to gain access
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. The United States Treasury Department said on Monday it was breached by Chinese state-sponsored hackers. While the hackers reportedly accessed unclassified documents, the Treasury called it a major incident. Reports said […] Read more
Global Markets: More Liberal MP’s want Trudeau out
Atlantic caucus asserts PM must go
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. The drive to push Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau out of office gained more political steam as the Liberal Party’s Atlantic caucus called for his resignation. During the weekend, reports said […] Read more
Global Markets: LeBlanc, Joly meeting with Trump officials
To discuss tariff threat made by Trump
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. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dispatched Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to Florida on Friday to meet with top aides for United States President-elect Donald Trump. […] Read more
Global Markets: Canada’s economy grows in October
Reading Time: < 1 minute The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported that the economy grew by 0.3 per cent in October, a slight increase from 0.2 per cent in September. Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction helped drive the increase, rising by 2.4 per cent, while goods […] Read more
Global Markets: U.S. on brink of government shutdown
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The United States moved closer to a partial government shutdown on Friday as lawmakers remain at odds over legislation that would fund operations and suspend the debt ceiling. Calls from billionaire Elon Musk and President-elect […] Read more
Global Markets: Trump shoots down spending bill
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. A bipartisan deal to avert a government shut down in the United States was effectively stopped by President-elect Donald Trump, as he said any Republicans in Congress who voted on the bill would face primary […] Read more