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Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Wednesday, extending a 4 per cent gain from the previous session on worries that the Iran-Israel conflict could disrupt supplies. Brent crude futures rose 26 cents, […] This post is only…

Crude oil futures rose about 3% Tuesday, after President Donald Trump demanded Iran’s unconditional surrender and threatened its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The U.S. crude oil contract for July delivery […] This post is only…

Monday June 9 China foreign reserves, aggregate yuan financing, new yuan financing, trade surplus, CPI and PPI Japan GDP and bank lending (10 a.m. ET) U.S. wholesale inventories for April. […] This post is only…

U.S. job growth slowed in May amid headwinds from tariff uncertainty, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 per cent, potentially giving the Federal Reserve cover to delay resuming interest rate […] This post is only…

Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate ticked up for the third consecutive month in May as the economy added 8,800 jobs. The national jobless rate rose to 7 per cent […] This post is only…

Canada’s trade deficit in April widened to an all-time high of a whopping $7.1 billion, data showed on Thursday, as tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump sucked out demand for Canadian goods […] This post is only…

The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate steady at 2.75 per cent for the second consecutive time, citing ongoing trade uncertainty and an economy that continues to chug […] This post is only…

Toy maker Spin Master Corp. TOY-T says it has cut jobs across the company as it tries to weather the impact of global tariffs on its business.  In an e-mailed statement, spokeswoman […] This post is only…

U.S. private payrolls increased far less than expected in May, the ADP National Employment Report showed on Wednesday. Private payrolls increased by only 37,000 jobs last month after a downwardly […] This post is only…