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By Commodity News Service Canada Oct. 24 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Strong corporate earnings and a rise in hiring helped lift global stock markets. Fiat Chrysler, General Motors and McDonald’s were three major employers who enjoyed generally strong reports. – The […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Oct. 23 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian wholesale transactions are on the rise. In the month of August, demand for things like clothes, textiles and motor vehicles lifted whole transactions 0.5%. On a seasonally-adjusted basis that […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, October 20 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Canadian consumer price index September annual inflation inched up from 1.4 per cent to 1.6 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. Higher gasoline prices helped to push the index higher, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, October 19 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Oil prices slipped Thursday for the first time this week but held onto most recent gains from OPEC-led supply cuts and tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude fell US$1.02 a […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, October 18 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. NAFTA talks have been extended into 2018, after the latest round of negotiations, which wrapped up Tuesday, revealed the enormous chasms in negotiating positions. The next round of negotiations has been […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, October 17 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Ottawa announced Monday it is cutting the small business tax from 10.5 per cent to nine per cent by 2019. This comes on the heels of pushback from across the country […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, October 16 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Ottawa is set to announce Monday its plans to cut the small business tax rate from 10.5 per cent to nine per cent. The Liberals have faced backlash from across the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, October 13 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The city of Paris says it wants to take all gas-powered cars off the road by 2030. Paris has faced rising problems with pollution over the past few years. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Oct. 12 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States would be open to bilateral trade deals with either Canada or Mexico if an understanding on a revised three-way North American Free Trade Agreement cannot be […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Oct. 11 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump plans to kick off his push for tax reform at a rally near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania today. The tax reform proposal promises to cut corporate taxes […] Read more