Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 27, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. TransCanada Corp’s existing Keystone pipeline has leaked substantially more oil, and more often, in the United States than previously indicated. The existing 3,455 kilometre system from Hardisty, Alta. to the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 24 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Amazon received an unexpected jolt on Black Friday. Employees at six of its distribution centres in Germany and one in Italy quit working to demand better wages. A total […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 23 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is acquiring a large stake of a prominent insurance and financial group. Under the terms of the agreement, the board assumes a 30 […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 22 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Uber is under scrutiny after admitting it paid computer hackers US$100,000 to keep quiet about a massive data breach. The incident happened last year and resulted in the disclosure […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 21 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – One of Canada’s largest banks has been added to the list of financial institutions recognized as globally important. The Royal Bank has officially made the 2017 list of global […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Nov. 20 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s inflation rate eased by a slight amount during the past month. The rate was pegged at 1.4 percent in October, which compares with 1.6 percent in September. Clothing prices […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 17, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. TransCanada Corp has shut down part of its Keystone oil pipeline after a 5,000 barrel leak was discovered in South Dakota Thursday morning. This comes just four days before neighbouring […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 16, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, reported better- than-expected quarterly sales at United States stores Thursday. Sales were boosted by hurricane-related purchases and soaring online sales. Shares rose by 4.4 per […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 14, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The fifth round of NAFTA negotiations begin this week in Mexico City. The negotiations are being weighed down by several contentious United States proposals, that even some U.S. business leaders […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Nov. 10 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian uranium giant Cameco is shuttering two large mills in northern Saskatchewan as the company grapples with more low prices. At one point, the price for a pound of uranium […] Read more