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By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Tesla has recalled more than two million vehicles, including 193,000 sold in Canada, to address a defect with its autopilot system. The fix will be provided by an over-the-air software update sometime […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Representatives from nearly 200 countries at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai managed to reach a deal Wednesday calling for transitioning away from fossil fuels. The language of the agreement did not […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Washington, D.C. this week to request aid from lawmakers in the United States amid Ukraine’s ongoing conflict with Russia. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Representatives from around the world continued to work on reaching a consensus on climate negotiations at the COP28 summit in Dubai on Monday. The latest draft proposal suggests a range of options […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Israeli Defense Forces doubled their daily targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday, launching more than 450 assaults from land, sea, and air. As the United Nations again warned Gaza was […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – An annual report released today by four Canadian universities showed that a Canadian family of four is expected to pay C$700 more per year in groceries for a total of C$16,300 on average in 2024. In […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Dec. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Ahead of the Bank of Canada’s announcement on its key interest rate at 9 am CST Wednesday, analysts said it’s most likely the central bank will keep it unchanged, […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Dec. 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   There was economic bad news for China on Tuesday as rating agency Moody’s dropped its outlook on the government’s credit from stable to negative. Moody’s cited the increasing need for the […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Dec. 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Israeli Defence Forces said on Monday it ordered evacuations in 20 areas of the Gaza Strip as it continued its deadly military operation in the enclave. Reports said IDF allegedly bombed […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – ICE Futures canola contracts were mixed Monday morning, seeing some consolidation to start the week amid ideas Friday’s sharp losses were overdone. Statistics Canada raised its estimate for the country’s 2023/24 canola production to 18.3 million tonnes, from 17.4 million in September. That was at the higher end […] Read more