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By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – There are growing fears around the world that the COVID-19 pandemic could be resurging. In the United States on Monday more than 20 states cited increases in the number of reported cases caused […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Widespread protests in Lebanon have escalated in recent days, as the country’s currency collapses to record lows. The Lebanese pound, which had been valued at 1,500 to one United States dollar for decades […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A Turkish court has sentenced a United States consulate employee to more than eight years in jail for aiding a terrorist organization. Metin Topuz, a translator and fixer for the U.S. Drug Enforcement […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Border restrictions to non-essential travel between Canada and the United States will be extended past the current June 21 date and into late July, according to reports citing unnamed sources. The border was […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Congressional Democrats in the United States are set to unveil legislation on Monday to reform police services in the country. Bans on police chokeholds and racial profiling, along with other limitations and oversight […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Canadian economy added 239,600 jobs in May, which beat out expectations for the month. The unemployment rate rose to 13.7 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. Economists predicted 500,000 jobs would be lost, […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder for kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, upgraded from the initial charge of third-degree murder. The three police officers who watched it happen […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Demonstrations around the world were held in solidarity with protestors in the United States marching against police brutality. There have been reports of marches in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, France, Australia, the Netherlands, […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Demonstrations in the United State against police brutality have caught the world’s attention. Diplomats in the European Union have been “shocked and appalled” by the “abuse of power” of the excessive use of force […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Friday that Canada’s gross domestic product shrank 8.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That made for the largest decline in the […] Read more