Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. British scientists have attribute over 1,000 cases of COVID-19 in southern England as having a mutation of the virus, which may cause the virus to spread more easily between people, though they are not […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The first of many COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Montreal on Sunday night. Some healthcare workers across the country will receive their first dose as early as this week, depending on their eligibility. Canada will […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The European Union has reached a deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55 per cent over the next decade, compared with 1990 levels. Discussions to reach the agreement went through the night, […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Weekly jobless claims jumped to a seasonally adjusted 853,000 people in the week ended Dec. 5, according to updated data from the country’s Labor Department. The number of people filing initial claims for […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Farmer unions in India have rejected the latest government proposal to amend controversial agricultural laws in the country, according to reports. Farmers have been protesting for weeks, launching a nationwide strike on Tuesday […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to 90-year-old Margaret Keenan in the United Kingdom on what officials in the country have deemed V-Day. Canada’s own immunization will start in […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Rudy Giuliani is the latest associate of United States President Donald Trump to test positive for COVID-19. The lawyer and former mayor of New York City has been traveling the country trying to […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that officials from the United States Department of Justice have been in talks with representatives of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Detained since her December 2018 arrest […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United Kingdom approved the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use on Wednesday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said distribution of the vaccine will begin next week, with the first shipment of 800,000 doses. […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 1 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday that the country’s gross domestic product jumped by a record 40.5 per cent annualized in the third quarter. That eliminated the record plunge of 38.1 per cent the […] Read more