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: Large missile attack hits Ukraine
16 people reported dead, 20 injured
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
Global Markets: Canada’s economy stagnant in Q4
WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – After five straight quarters of growth, Canada’s economy was unchanged for the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a report released on Tuesday by Statistics Canada (StatCan). Previously, StatCan estimated 1.6 per cent growth for the quarter. In […] Read more
Global Markets: Consumer confidence rising in Canada
WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – On Friday, the Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Consumer Index, which measures the consumer confidence of Canadians, rose to its highest level since last September to 47, up 1.3 points from the previous week. The rising figure can be attributed […] Read more
Global Markets: One-year anniversary of Russian war in Ukraine
By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 24 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with no end in sight to the conflict. Ukraine held a ceremony paying tribute to those lost over the past year, […] Read more