Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Rogers Communications announced on Monday that it’s acquiring Shaw Communications for C$26 billion. The deal includes Rogers purchasing shares in Shaw at C$40.50 each, investing C$2.5 billion in 5G network capacity throughout Western […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada added 259,000 jobs in February, posting the largest monthly increase since September 2020, according to Statistics Canada data. The jobs growth came in well above market expectations and helped the unemployment rate […] Read more

Complied By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Thursday marks one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic. So far, more than 118.15 million people around the world contracted the coronavirus, which […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Consumer prices in the United States posted solid increases in February, notching their largest annual gain in a year, according to updated data from the U.S. Labor Department. The Consumer Price Index was […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – An International Women’s Day march in Mexico City turned violent on Monday, as police reportedly fired pepper spray at protestors attempting to take down metal barricades set up around the country’s National Palace. […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Mounting tensions between Yemeni Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia sent oil prices to two-year highs before easing Monday morning. The Houthi rebels, who are backed by Iran, claimed responsibility for attacks on Saudi […] Read more

WINNIPEG, March 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Unifor president Jerry Dias told CBC News on Thursday that the federal government and Canada’s airlines are in the final stages of negotiations in the hopes of a bailout package totalling at least C$7 billion. […] Read more

WINNIPEG, March 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Crude oil prices are rallying again on reports that the OPEC+ alliance could continue their production cuts into April rather than boosting production. However, due to increased demand, OPEC+ could increase production to reap revenue […] Read more

WINNIPEG, March 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada announced both bad news and good news on Tuesday. Canada’s economy contracted by 5.4 per cent in 2020, which made it the worst documented year for the country’s economic output. Despite the gloomy […] Read more

WINNIPEG, March 1 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States Food & Drug Administration approved the one-dose COVID-19 vaccine created by Johnson & Johnson on Saturday. The J&J vaccine was the fourth COVID-19 shot to receive approval in the U.S. after Pfizer/BioNTech, […] Read more