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By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 16, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, reported better- than-expected quarterly sales at United States stores Thursday. Sales were boosted by hurricane-related purchases and soaring online sales. Shares rose by 4.4 per […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 14, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The fifth round of NAFTA negotiations begin this week in Mexico City. The negotiations are being weighed down by several contentious United States proposals, that even some U.S. business leaders […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Nov. 10 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian uranium giant Cameco is shuttering two large mills in northern Saskatchewan as the company grapples with more low prices. At one point, the price for a pound of uranium […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Nov. 9 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A Chinese tech giant has taken a bite out of a well-known social media company. Tencent has purchased a 12 percent stake in Snap, the parent company of the camera […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Nov. 8 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies is enjoying a healthy boost to its stock price. Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. rose more than 17 percent after it announced […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Nov. 7 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Walt Disney Co. is reportedly in talks to buy a large portion of Twenty-First Century Fox. The deal would apparently not include Fox’s news or sports divisions. Under U.S. rules […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, MB, Nov. 7, 2017 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian was slightly lower at open Tuesday, as stock markets around the world rallied. At 8:58 CST Tuesday morning the Canadian dollar was at US$0.7827 or C$1.2776 which compares with Monday’s North American close of US$0.7846 or C$1.2746. Oil prices eased […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Nov. 6 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – One of the world’s premier automakers has issued a major recall. BMW is recalling more than a million vehicles that could be at risk of developing fires under the hood. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 3, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Canadian economy added 35,300 jobs in October but the unemployment rate crept higher, with more young people looking for work, according to Statistics Canada Friday. Full-time positions swelled by […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 2, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Bank of England has raised its rates for the first time in more than a decade. Its nine rate-setters voted seven to two to increase the benchmark Bank Rate […] Read more