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By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 21 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Prince Philip is in hospital being treated for infection. Buckingham Palace called it a precaution. Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband, is 96. – A top-level shakeup continues at Uber this […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada CNS, June 20 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian plane and train manufacturer Bombardier Inc. has signed a C$1.5 billion deal to supply and maintain 750 passenger trains in the United Kingdom. The trains have been sold […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 19 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – China and the US have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand US dairy exports, according to reports on Monday. A number of US processors are now able to start exporting to China immediately. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 16 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – US homebuilding was at an eight-month-low in May, according to reports on Friday. Homebuilding dropped for three consecutive months into May. – Foreign investment in Canadian securities totalled C$10.6 billion in April, mainly acquisitions […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, June 15 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is expected to gather with Mexico’s agriculture minister Jose Calzada and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue next week. The meeting, expected to take place […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada June 14 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. A breaking story out of Virginia reports five people were shot at a baseball practice involving Republican politicians and officials. Steve Scalise, the third-highest ranking Republican in the U.S. House of […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 13 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – The US Federal Reserve is holding its two-day monetary policy meeting this week. Many market watchers expect officials will raise the country’s interest rates following an announcement on Wednesday, June 14. – Canada’s net […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 12 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – Britain’s consumer spending dropped for the first time in four years in May, according to figures from financial services and credit card company Visa. That indicates consumers were cautious ahead of last week’s general […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 9 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – The Conservative party won the 2017 UK general election, but sacrificed the parliamentary majority leader Theresa May had previously held. The Labour party gained 31 seats, which introduced a sense of uncertainty, pressuring the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 8 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – The UK is having its general election on Thursday. Conservative Theresa May is up against the Labour party’s Jeremy Corbyn. – Buyers of new homes in Canada saw prices rise 0.8 per cent in […] Read more