Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 24, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Alberta has refused to endorse the official statement stemming from the western premiers meeting in Yellowknife because it doesn’t include support for the Trans Mountain pipeline. The final statement deals

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 23, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Dow Chemical Company will open its first new sales centre in more than 20 years in Eastern Canada. The new Toronto office will allow the company to become closer

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 22, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Albert Premier Rachel Notely has decided to skip the Western premiers’ conference this week, as she plans to stay in Alberta to complete a deal to secure the construction of

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 18 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Germany’s Angela Merkel and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed the United States withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal at a meeting in Sochi, Russia. – Canada’s annual inflation rate came

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 16 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Venezuelan authorities have seized control of the Kellogg cereal factory in the country after the company announced it was shutting down operations due to “economic and social deterioration.” Venezuela’s

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 15 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Average Canadian house prices declined by more than 11 per cent on an annual basis as of April, according to a report from the Canadian Real Estate Association. New

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 14 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States officially opened its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, despite objection from many allies. The move has sparked Palestinian protests with at least 41 people killed

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 11 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s unemployment rate held at 5.8 per cent in April with a total loss of 1,100 jobs, according to a report from Statistics Canada. Average market expectations had been

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 10 (CNS) – Global markets opened stronger Thursday morning, taking strength from overnight gains on Wall Street. France’s CAC 40 rose nearly 0.1 per cent in early trading to 5,539.46 while Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 advanced 0.4 per cent to close at 22,497.18. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.2

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 7 (CNS) – Nestle has reached an agreement with Starbucks that will see the candy-maker selling the U.S. coffee chain’s products around the world. The deal involves things like bagged coffee and instant coffee. Nestle will pay Starbucks US$7.15 billion for the rights to the products. There are