Global markets

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Frustration over the closure of the Canada/United States border has been growing in both countries, just as the Canadian government explores a multi-phase approached to re-opening it. Prime Minister Justin […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Group of Seven (G7) countries are moving towards an agreement on taxing multinational companies that would include a global minimum corporate tax rate. “Multinational companies need to pay their […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in May, from 6.1 per cent the previous month, as the country added 559,000 jobs, according to a report from the U.S. Labor […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The coalition to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still needs to pass a confidence vote in the country’s parliament, the Knesset, but is facing some delays as the incumbent’s party still has […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – JBS, the world’s largest meat packing company, should be back in operation on Wednesday after a ransomware attack on the company forced it to shut down operations earlier in the week at many […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 1 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Inflation in the Euro zone climbed to 2.0 per cent in May, from 1.6 per cent the previous month, according to data from Eurostat. The rate of inflation came in above market expectations, […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 31 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China is easing its policy on childbirth, announcing Monday that married couples will now be able to have up to three children. The ‘one-child policy’ allowing only one child for most couples that […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The White House has made no decisions yet on when to re-open its border with Canada, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a news conference on Thursday. This is in contrast to a media report from Point Roberts, […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A shareholder group led by climate activist investment fund Engine No. 1 won two seats on ExxonMobil’s board of directors on Wednesday, which could help steer the company towards a more climate-conscious culture. BlackRock Inc., ExxonMobil’s second-largest shareholders, […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – It was a mixed day for online retail giant Amazon on Wednesday as it purchased the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) movie studio for US$8.45 billion. The transaction is Amazon’s largest since acquiring grocery chain Whole Foods in 2017 for US$13.7 […] Read more