Global markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Iran has seized an oil tanker carrying Iraqi crude destined for Turkey in retaliation for the United States confiscating the same vessel in 2023. The Marshall Islands-flagged St. Nikolas (formerly the Suez […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Gunmen armed with explosives stormed a live television broadcast in Ecuador on Tuesday as part of a wave of violence that included the kidnapping of seven police officers. The TV staff were […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The earth saw its warmest year on record in 2023, with average global temperatures likely hitting their highest level of the past 100,000 years, according to new research from the European Union’s […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Israeli air strikes against Iranian targets in Syria have reportedly ramped up, with the heightened attacks on cargo trucks and infrastructure raising concerns over a wider conflict in the region.   Two United […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Friday that the country’s unemployment rate was steady at 5.8 per cent in December compared to the month before. The economy added a mere 100 jobs in total last month while having […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In the economic outlook released by Deloitte Canada on Thursday, it predicted the country’s economy will grow in the second half of 2024 following stagnant growth in the first half. The firm also forecasts interest rate cuts […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A pair of explosions at an event commemorating a deceased general killed at least 103 people and wounded at least 141 others in the Iranian city of Kerman on Wednesday. Iranian state media called the explosions […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A Japanese coast guard aircraft and a passenger plane collided at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, which both burst into flames and killed five crew members of the former. All 379 occupants of Japan Airlines flight […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Russia launched almost 160 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, in what’s being described as one of the largest aerial strikes in the nearly two-year-old war. Reports on Friday said 118 […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Tensions between Russia and Japan ramped up after the latter announced earlier this week it will indirectly supply United States-built Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine. While Japanese law prevents the […] Read more