Global markets

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Nov. 18 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Hundreds of Twitter employees were reportedly walking off the job after an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk calling for workers to work “long hours at high intensity” or leave the company. Twitter […] Read more

WINNIPEG, Nov. 17 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The deal allowing Ukrainian gain exports to move through the Black Sea has been extended, according to reports from the United Nations. In a statement, UN Secretary General António Guterres said, “I welcome the agreement by […] Read more

WINNIPEG, Nov. 16 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   There was no evidence of a deliberate attack by Russia after a missile strayed across the Ukraine border into NATO-member Poland, killing two people on Tuesday, according to NATO officials. The missile that landed on the […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 15 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian manufacturing sales held steady at C$70.4 billion in September, after posting declines the previous four months, according to a report from Statistics Canada. Meanwhile, the country’s wholesale sales were up by 0.1 per […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 14 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Joe Biden met with China’s Xi Jinping on Monday for their first in-person talks since Biden became president. The meeting lasted a little over three hours covering a wide range of […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States Labor Department reported today that the annualized U.S. inflation rate was 7.7 per cent in October, down from 8.2 per cent in September and down from analysts’ expectations of 7.9 per cent. The rate is […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Control over the United States House of Representatives and the Senate is still yet to be determined after Americans took to the polls on Tuesday for midterm elections. The Republicans’ so-called “red wave” many political pollsters anticipated never […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Americans will take to the polls today for midterm elections, in which all 435 seats on the House of Representatives as well as 35 Senate seats and 36 races for state governor will be determined. Projections indicate that […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday morning that his government would rescind legislation to make an education workers’ strike illegal if their union would stop their mass walkout. Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce introduced Bill 28, or the […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland gave the federal government’s fall economic statement on Thursday, citing a number of measures to be taken. This included a two per cent tax […] Read more