Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   United States President Joe Biden will lift Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced Tuesday. The deal was facilitated by the Catholic Church and will see “many dozens” of political […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Hamas has reportedly accepted a draft agreement for the release of hostages and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Officials involved in the negotiations said Israel and the Palestinian group were at the closest point […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   ‘Significant’ progress towards a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reportedly made overnight, as mediators from the United States and Arab nations worked on brokering a deal. Each side of the conflict has reportedly received […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Canadian economy outperformed expectations in December, adding 91,000 jobs during the month and creating a 0.1-point decline in the unemployment rate at 6.7 per cent, Statistics Canada reported Friday. Most of the jobs added were […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Five wildfires are still in progress in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas with 130,000 people asked to evacuate and more than 2,000 buildings destroyed by the blazes. One of those blazes, the Sunset Fire, broke […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States president-elect Donald Trump said in a press conference on Tuesday he is willing to use “economic force” to have Canada become part of the U.S. He added the U.S. is not obligated to support […] Read more

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

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

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

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