Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 1 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Calgary-based Encana, one of Canada’s largest energy companies, declared itself to be a United States company on Thursday. The move reportedly won’t mean major big job losses in Alberta. Encana Chief Executive Officer […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 31 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Members of the United States House of Representatives will vote today on the rules of impeachment. Democrats undertook impeachment proceedings after it was revealed President Donald Trump allegedly pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Some progress was made in resolving the Canada/China dispute, according to Glacier Farm Media. Officials from both countries met privately in Geneva on Tuesday under the auspices of the World Trade Organization. Following […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with Governor General Julie Payette on Tuesday to confirm his intention to form a government after last week’s federal election. Trudeau’s Liberals won 157 seats, 13 […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 28 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A poll of 2,002 Canadians conducted by accounting firm MNP and released on Monday found 48 per cent are so deeply in debt that they have less than C$200 in discretionary income each […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 25 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad, Iraq were met with live gunfire and tear gas, as protests resumed in the country after a three-week hiatus. At least one person was reported dead and 200 injured. […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 24 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump said his country will lift recently imposed sanctions on imports from Turkey, on the condition that Turkey stops combat operations in northern Syria. Meanwhile, the Russian military has […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian wholesale sales declined 1.2 per cent in August, hitting C$64.3 billion, according to a report from Statistics Canada. The declines offset the 1.4 per cent gains the previous month. Five of seven […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 22 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won a minority government in Monday’s Canadian seats election, taking 157 seats. With 170 seats needed for a majority, the balance of power is held by the left leaning NDP […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 21 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadians head to voting booths today for the country’s 43rd general election. The incumbent Liberals, led by Justin Trudeau, are neck-and-neck with Andrew Sheer’s opposition Conservatives in the polls, with many forecasters predicting […] Read more