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
Global Markets: First vaccine administered in U.K.
Global Markets: Giuliani hospitalized for COVID-19
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
Global Markets: Deal with U.S. to send Huawei exec home
Could lead to release of the two Michaels
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
Global Markets: U.K. approves COVID-19 vaccine
Canadian approval by end of month
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
Global Markets: Canadian economy bounces back in third quarter
National GDP increases by record amount
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
Global Markets: Freeland presenting fiscal update
Measures to help stricken Canadian economy
By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland is scheduled to unveil the federal government’s latest fiscal update at 3 pm Central on Monday. It’s reported to include additional spending measures on the country’s hardest […] Read more
Global Markets: Indian farmers tear gassed in New Delhi
By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have marched to New Delhi in protest of new agriculture laws. The group was met with tear gas and water cannons as they protested laws that will reportedly […] Read more
Global Markets: 300 Turkish pilots sentenced to jail for life
By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Turkey has jailed over 300 pilots for life over a failed coup attempt to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2016. Nearly 500 defendants were accused of attempting to overthrow the government from an […] Read more
Global Markets: GSA letter kicks off presidential transition
By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 24 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The United States General Services Administration has formally acknowledged President Donald Trump’s defeat, over two weeks after president-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner. GSA Administrator Emily Murphy wrote a letter beginning the formal […] Read more
Global Markets: U.K. COVID-19 vaccine averages 70 per cent effective
WINNIPEG, Nov. 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Preliminary testing of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the United Kingdom drug company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford showed an average efficacy rate of 70 per cent. The vaccine could be up to 90 per […] Read more