Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 27, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Airbus is drawing up contingency plans to phase out production of the world’s largest jetliner, the A380 superjumbo, if it fails to win a key order from United Arab Emirates,

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 22 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The CEO for Google’s parent company is stepping down. Eric Schmidt will retire from Alphabet Inc. on January 17. During his time at the company Schmidt oversaw the introduction

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 21 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The U.S. Department of Commerce has lowered its duties against imports of Bombardier’s C Series commercial jet. The department’s new penalty is 292 per cent, down from 299 percent.

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 20 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Senate Republicans passed a major tax bill early Wednesday morning by a final vote of 51 to 48. The US$1.5 trillion bill brings sweeping changes to America’s tax code

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 19 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Global stock markets took strength on Tuesday morning from potential changes to U.S. interest rates. There are widespread expectations lawmakers will soon approve plans to raise rates in the

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 18, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Tributes are pouring in as the North American rail industry mourns the loss of former CN Rail, CP Rail and CSX CEO Hunter Harrison, who died Saturday at the age

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 15, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Winnipeg-based agriculture equipment maker MacDon Industries Ltd. is being sold for C$1.2 billion to Linamar Corp, based in Ontario. MacDon sells agricultural harvesting equipment in over 40 countries and has

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 14, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) is calling on American food companies, McDonald’s Corp, Denny’s Corp and Sanderson Farms Inc to stop buying or producing meat raised with antibiotics.

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 13, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Global commodity trader Louis Dreyfus Company agreed Tuesday to sell its Macrofertil Australia Pty Ltd to Agrium’s Australian unit Landmark Operations Ltd. Earlier this year Louis Dreyfus agreed to sell

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 12, 2017 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. More than 800,000 Canadian riders and drivers may have been affected as part of Uber’s worldwide data breach announced last month. The disclosure came the same day the federal privacy