Global Markets: Missile, drone attack on Saudi oil facility

COVID-19 cases to top 13 million

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Houthi rebels in Yemen were said to be responsible for an attack on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia on Monday. Several missiles and drones targeted the 400,000 barrel per day refinery in


Global Markets: Canadian economy adds jobs in June

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s economy added nearly a million jobs in June, helping the unemployment rate fall to 12.3 per cent, after hitting a record high of 13.7 per cent the previous month, according to updated

Global Markets: Seoul mayor missing

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The mayor of Seoul, South Korea, Park Won-soon, has gone missing and a massive search is underway. Park left his daughter a ‘will-like’ message before disappearing, according to police. Prior to becoming mayor


Global Markets: U.S. nears three million COVID-19 cases

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States neared three million in the latest data from Johns Hopkins, with over 131,000 deaths in the country attributed to the virus. A record number of new

Global Markets: Third coronavirus vaccine in trials

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A third possible coronavirus vaccine is moving to the human trial stage of testing. China’s Sinovac Biotech, together with Brazilian vaccine producer Instituto Butantan, will conduct the study on roughly 9,000 healthcare workers in Brazil. –



Global Markets: COVID-19 vaccine trial delayed

WINNIPEG, July 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Moderna had planned to run a 30,000-patient trial of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, but the start date has been pushed back indefinitely. Originally planned for July 9, the company reportedly still intends to begin trials during