By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. A strike by French sanitation workers hit its ninth day Tuesday, with garbage piling up on Paris streets and other cities in the country. The workers are protesting a bill that would […] Read more
Global Markets: Garbage piles up in France
Global Markets: Bank collapse fallout puts markets on edge
By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the United States on Friday kept global financial markets on edge to start the new week, as governments work to assure people that their […] Read more
Global Markets: Job growth slows in Canada, U.S.
But more jobs could mean more interest rate hikes
Compiled by MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Friday that 21,800 jobs were added to the country’s economy in February. That was more than double the expectations from economists and kept Canada’s unemployment rate […] Read more
Global Markets: Large missile attack hits Ukraine
16 people reported dead, 20 injured
Compiled by MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Russia launched 81 missiles at Ukraine on Thursday, which marked one of the biggest aerial assaults in the year-old war. Targets included key infrastructure facilities in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa, […] Read more
Global Markets: Gender equality coming too slow warns UN chief
Could take 300 years to achieve says Guterres
Compiled by MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. As March 8 marks International Women’s Day, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that current pace towards gender equality is far too slow, suggesting such would only be achieved in 300 […] Read more
Global Markets: Trudeau stops short of independent inquiry
Tories, NDP demand public inquiry into China's election meddling
Compiled by MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that an independent special rapporteur will be appointed to look into allegations that China meddled in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections. With […] Read more
Global Markets: New treaty to protect marine life
Treaty to have legal effect outside of national boundaries
Compiled by MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. After 20 years of stalled discussions and more recent negotiations, the members of the United Nations signed the Global Ocean Treaty on Saturday. The new treaty updates the UN’s 1994 Law of […] Read more
Global Markets: Nordstrom to close its Canadian stores
WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Luxury department store chain Nordstrom announced on Thursday it will cease all operations in Canada, closing all 13 of its stores and cutting 2,500 jobs. Chief executive Erik Nordstrom said in a statement there was “no realistic path […] Read more
Global Markets: Blinken, Lavrov talk briefly at G20
WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke to each other for 10 minutes at the G20 conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. It was the first time since last summer that […] Read more
Global Markets: Fatal train collision in northern Greece
WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A passenger train and a freight train collided at high speed in northern Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring 85. Officials said many of the passengers were university students travelling from Athens to […] Read more