Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 24, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Latvia’s Air Baltic said Wednesday that it expects to buy more C Series planes from Bombardier in the coming months. In October the company had said it was in talks

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 23, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada will sign on to a revised 11-member Asia-Pacific Trade Pact (TPP), according to a government source. Trade officials signed on a final text earlier in the day Tuesday after

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 22, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Amazon is finally opening its first automated grocery store to the public Monday, after nearly a year’s delay. Amazon Go is a 1,800 square foot store located in the middle

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 19 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A government shutdown is looming in the United States, as a bill to extend funding for a wide range of federal programs is being held up by a dispute

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 18 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China’s economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter of 2017, with the gross domestic product rising by 6.8 per cent during the period. Industrial output in

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 17 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Bank of Canada raised its key overnight interest rate by 0.25 points on Wednesday, taking the rate to 1.25 per cent, its highest level since 2009. – Bitcoin

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 16 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A false alarm about a North Korean missile launch was sent out by Japanese public broadcaster NHK on Tuesday. The mistake comes only a few days after a similar

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 15 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – North Korea will send a 140-member orchestra to the upcoming Olympics in South Korea, as tensions between the two neighbouring countries continue to show signs of easing. The two

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 12, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Royal Bank of Canada raised its posted five-year fixed mortgage rate on Thursday. It was the first of Canada’s Big Five banks to make the move ahead of the

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 11, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Thursday it will be raising the entry-level wage for American employees to US$11 an hour, due to the United States tax overhaul which was passed before