Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Pro-democracy protesters in Sudan barricaded streets for the second-day in a row as thousands demonstrated against the military coup that overthrew the country’s interim government on Monday. At least seven demonstrators have been […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 25 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Sudan’s military has staged a coup in the African country, overthrowing a transitional government that had been put in place after the ousting of former leader Omar al-Bashir two years ago. Numerous government […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 22 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In behind the scenes machinations, Edward Rogers has been removed as the chair of the board of Rogers Communications following his attempt to oust company president and CEO Joe Natale. […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 21 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage is scheduled on Thursday to release the final report of the province’s public inquiry into alleged foreign funding of anti-oil campaigns said to have targeted […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 20 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada announced on Wednesday that the country’s rate of inflation rose to an 18-year high of 4.4 per cent in September. Higher prices for transportation, shelter and food provided […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 19 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Slower economic growth poses a greater long-term problem for the global economy than COVID-19, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Tuesday. Growth between 2021 and […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Chinese Foreign Ministry refuted a report from The Financial Times on Monday, saying it tested a “space vehicle”, not a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile. The media outlet reported on Saturday that the missile flew through space, circled the […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A British politician was reportedly stabbed multiple times while meeting with constituents at a church in eastern England. David Amess, 69, is a Member of Parliament for the ruling Conservative Party. A suspect […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – At least five people are dead in Beirut and dozens more injured after gunfire broke out at a protest against the judge investigating last year’s deadly port explosion in the Lebanon capital. Hundreds […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States will reopen its land border with Canada to fully vaccinated travellers sometime in early November, according to U.S. officials. The border has been closed to non-essential travel since March 2020 […] Read more