By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 17 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to visit his counterpart Vladimir Putin in Russia next week, with the diplomatic meeting seen by some as a sign of Chinese support of Russia’s Ukrainian invasion. […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) received approval from the United States Transportation Board on Wednesday to complete its US$27 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern, creating the only railway to serve Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. The deal […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The details of an incident that saw a Russian fighter jet collide with a United States surveillance drone over the Black Sea remain unclear, with both sides offering conflicting reports blaming the […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   A strike by French sanitation workers hit its ninth day Tuesday, with garbage piling up on Paris streets and other cities in the country. The workers are protesting a bill that would […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the United States on Friday kept global financial markets on edge to start the new week, as governments work to assure people that their […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Friday that 21,800 jobs were added to the country’s economy in February. That was more than double the expectations from economists and kept Canada’s unemployment rate […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Russia launched 81 missiles at Ukraine on Thursday, which marked one of the biggest aerial assaults in the year-old war. Targets included key infrastructure facilities in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa, […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   As March 8 marks International Women’s Day, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that current pace towards gender equality is far too slow, suggesting such would only be achieved in 300 […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that an independent special rapporteur will be appointed to look into allegations that China meddled in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections. With […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. After 20 years of stalled discussions and more recent negotiations, the members of the United Nations signed the Global Ocean Treaty on Saturday. The new treaty updates the UN’s 1994 Law of […] Read more