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By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States economy contracted in the first quarter of 2020, with the country’s gross domestic product falling by 4.8 per cent, according to a report from the U.S. Commerce Department. The decline […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 28 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Thousands of protesters in Tripoli, Lebanon, demonstrating over the country’s devalued currency clashed with the Lebanese army, leaving dozens injured and at least one dead on Tuesday, according to reports. The Lebanese pound […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Some countries are set to ease their COVID-19 lockdown measures, including Italy and New Zealand, while in other areas officials remain of the opinion that it’s still too early. In the United States […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Apr. 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Over four million people applied for unemployment benefits in the United States last week, bringing the number of unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic to total 26.5 million. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Apr. 22 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Tyson Foods Inc. will halt operations at its largest pork production plant in Waterloo, IA., as the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus impacts its workforce. The facility has been running at reduced levels, but […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Apr. 20 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. A gunman in Nova Scotia posed as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and killed over a dozen people over 12 hours across the province. The gunman was then shot in a […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 17 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday that some states could ease social distancing and lockdown measures within four weeks. Despite the U.S. contending with more than 671,000 reported cases of COVID-19, […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 16 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The race to create a vaccine for COVID-19 continues with more than 70 research teams around the world working on the solution, the CBC reported on Thursday. Some of the possible vaccines reached […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump said he will U.S. cut funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) pending a review. Reports stated the U.S. contributes US$400 million to US$500 million annually to the […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) did an about-face in its World Economic Outlook released on Tuesday. Instead of calling for global economic growth of 3.3 per cent, the IMF has now forecast a […] Read more