Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 7 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada posted record employment growth in November, with employment increasing by 94,100 jobs, according to a report from Statistics Canada. The country’s jobless rate declined to 5.6 per cent, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 6 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – At the request of the United States, Canadian authorities have arrested Meng Wanzhou, a top executive with Chinese technology company Huawei and daughter of the company’s founder. The arrest […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 5 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Bank of Canada is generally expected to be keeping interest rates unchanged when it releases its latest interest rate decision later Wednesday. However, the accompanying statement will be […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 4 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Investors were still waiting for details on the tentative trade truce between the United States and China, as China has yet to confirm any of the claims made by […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 3 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China and the United States reached a tentative truce on trade over the weekend, with the two countries agreeing to hold off on placing additional tariffs on each other […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 30, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada, the United States and Mexico have signed the renegotiated North American Free Trade (NAFTA) deal on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina. Canada is calling the deal […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 29, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Netflix Canada is planning its biggest rate hike yet. Plans will rise by C$1 to C$3 depending on which plan you have. The price hikes are affective immediately for new […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 28, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Royal Bank of Canada reported a 15 per cent increase in fourth-quarter net income to C$3.25 billion, surpassing analyst expectations. The bank’s results were driven by strong performances in its […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 27, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Maple Leaf Foods has announced it will build a C$660 million poultry plant in London, Ont. with funding help from the federal and provincial governments. Construction of the 640,000 square-foot […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 26, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. General Motors is expected to announce this morning that it will close all of its operations in Oshawa, Ont. as part of a global restructuring of the company. GM employs […] Read more