Global markets

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Friday that retail sales decreased by 0.1 per cent in August from the month before to C$66.1 billion. Core retail sales, which exclude gas stations and motor vehicle parts, were down 0.3 per […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Unifor, the union representing workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway Corp., issued a 72-hour strike notice to employers on Wednesday. The union added that it will bargain through Thursday in order to avoid a strike by Saturday. Negotiations […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The conflict between Israel and Hamas was inflamed on Tuesday when a massive blast occurred at a hospital in Gaza City, killing 500 people, according to Hamas. The militant group blamed an Israeli airstrike for the explosion, while […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported today that the country’s annual inflation rate was 3.8 per cent in September, lower than economists’ expectations and 0.2 points lower than what it was in August. Excluding gasoline, the inflation rate would have […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – More than one million people are estimated to have fled the Gaza Strip ahead of an anticipated offensive by Israeli forces against Hamas. In a visit to Egypt on Monday, French foreign minister Catherine Colonna accused Hamas from […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The Israeli military has issued an evacuation order to a million Palestinians living in the northern part of the territory, ahead of an expected ground invasion. Hamas has dismissed the warnings and […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Jerusalem on Thursday reiterating the country’s support for Israel in its fight against Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the U.S. “for standing […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Humanitarian groups are warning of an impending catastrophe in Gaza as food will likely run out in days and the territory’s power plant has shut down. Hundreds of people are dead on […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip destroyed entire districts of the Palestinian territory as Israel exacts ‘mighty revenge’ over deadly attacks by Hamas over the weekend. The latest reports say that over […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Jobs growth in the United States beat expectations in September, with nonfarm payrolls in the country up by 336,000, according to the latest Labor Department report, with the unemployment rate steady at […] Read more