Global markets

Reading Time: 2 minutes The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday he tested positive for COVID-19 and will recuperate in his home state of Delaware over the weekend. Biden had planned to speak to Latino civil rights group UnidosUS in Las Vegas but […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A large midday rain event caused power outages and flash flooding in Toronto on Tuesday. Many commuter routes were drenched with up to 100 millimetres of precipitation in only a matter of hours. Dozens of vehicles […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Republican presidential candidate and former United States President Donald Trump officially named Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his vice-presidential running mate on the first night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday. Vance, a former […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Former United States President Donald Trump was wounded in an attempt on his life at his campaign rally in Butler, Pa. on Saturday. Trump was speaking to a crowd of supporters when loud gunshots were heard. […] 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.   Multinational telecommunications company AT&T announced on Friday that tens of millions of cellphone customers, including those in Canada, were exposed to a massive data breach from May to October 2022. Officials […] 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.   Consumer prices in the United States fell 0.1 per cent in June which marked the first such decline since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Bureau of Labour […] 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.   Inflation in China eased back to a 0.2 per cent increase in June from a 0.3 per cent gain in May, according to the country’s National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. […] 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.   TransUnion released survey results on Tuesday of Canadian consumers, finding that 57 per cent said their incomes are not keeping up with inflation. Also, 38 per cent said they expect bill […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   While no party or alliance won an outright majority in France’s second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, the expected big win by the far-right National Rally didn’t materialize. With about two-thirds of French voters casting their ballots, the New […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Voters in the United Kingdom ended 14 years of Conservative governance with a resounding victory by the centre-left Labour Party in the country’s federal election on Thursday. Labour, led by Keir Starmer, took 410 seats in […] Read more