The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) gained 35.21 points this week to close at 580.43. Meanwhile, the S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) was up 787.22 points to finish the week at 23,568.65. Statistics Canada released August’s consumer price index (CPI) on Tuesday (September 17). The report indicated that inflation had increased…
Commodities giant BHP (ASX:BHP,NYSE:BHP,LSE:BHP) announced on Wednesday (September 18) that it will partner with the Meewasin Valley Authority on efforts to conserve the Meewasin Valley. Located in Saskatchewan, Canada, the Meewasin Valley is one of the country’s most important natural landscapes. BHP said it will contribute a total of C$250,000…
The US Department of Commerce and US Department of State have announced the inaugural meeting of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes, scheduled for November 20 to 21, 2024, in San Francisco. This global network aims to foster international cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) safety. First introduced by US…
At least 22 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in an Israeli strike on a school compound Saturday, Palestinian officials said, with Israel saying it targeted Hamas fighters sheltering there. A spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense, Mahmoud Basal, said the missile hit the Al-Zaytoun School, near Gaza City,…
Italian Prosecutors who have opened up a criminal probe into multiple manslaughter and negligent shipwreck think the 56-meter (184-foot) yacht, the Bayesian, may contain highly sensitive data tied to a number of Western intelligence services, four sources familiar with the investigation and salvage operation said. Lynch was associated with British, American and other intelligence services through his various companies, including…
Next week, an already very public debate over whether Ukraine should be allowed to use long-range Western-supplied missiles on Russian soil will come under an even brighter international spotlight. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet not only US President Joe Biden, who has signaled he is open to discussing the…
Zelensky has been pushing Ukraine’s allies to ease restrictions on weapons and although there have been signs of the US shifting its stance he said they are yet to be given the go-ahead. “We do have long-range weapons. But let’s just say not the amount we need.” Zelensky said Friday, adding that…
One person has died and several people are missing after record rainfall brought flooding and landslides to coastal Japan, in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake on New Year’s Day, local authorities said. Japan’s weather agency issued its highest emergency warning for Ishikawa prefecture Saturday, urging…
If you logged into the CNBC website on Thursday morning, you might have seen the headline, “Wells Fargo says don’t buy this rally, fundamentals don’t support it.“ Investors relying solely on fundamentals and not knowing how to read market technicals may be at a disadvantage when market analysts issue such…
So the first Fed rate cut is behind us, and we are no longer in a “higher for longer” period, but in a new rate cut cycle which will most likely last well into 2025. So that’s good news for stocks, right? Well, not necessarily. The reality is that rate cut cycles…