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– Global equity indexes plunge in wake of Trump tariffs. – US ISM services and weekly jobless claims data overshadowed by tariff news. – US dollar plunges across the board USDCAD: open 1.4125, overnight range 1.4113-1.4319, close 1.4236, WTI 68.38, Gold 3114.61 The Canadian dollar soared after Trump levied a minimum of 10% tariff on […]

Stock markets in the U.S. and abroad are crashing on news that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs of at least 10% on goods from most other countries, heightening concerns of a global trade war. In premarket trading, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average is down more than 1,000 points while the benchmark

Shares of BlackBerry (BB) fell 10% after the Canadian technology firm reported financial results that disappointed investors. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company posted a net loss of -$7.4 million U.S. for what was its fiscal fourth quarter. While that was an improvement from a loss of -$56.2 million U.S. a year earlier, it showed the company

Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) fell 23% in March as more supply hit the market, pushing down prices. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) says 5,011 homes were sold across the GTA last month, compared with 6,519 in March 2024. Sales in Toronto, Canada’s biggest housing market, were down 2.4% from

E-commerce giant Amazon (AMZN) has submitted a bid to purchase the popular social media app TikTok from its Chinese owner ByteDance. Seattle-based Amazon submitted a proposal to acquire TikTok, a short-form video app that’s popular with teens, to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Amazon’s bid comes days before a U.S. ban on TikTok is set

Shares in Jeffs’ Brands Ltd (NASDAQ: JFBR) sagged Thursday, as the company, a data-driven e-commerce company operating on the Amazon Marketplace, announced today, that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fort Products Limited, has completed the internal testing and fine tuning stage for its Android version of its AI-powered pest control mobile app. Fort is now preparing to

Ahead of the Trump tariff announcement, stock markets traded higher. Speculators bet that the President would not hurt international trade with duties. Traders guessed wrong. In after-hours trade, the Dow Jones (DJI) fell by more than 1000 points. Tariffs are severely higher than anyone expected. The White House said it would apply reciprocal tariffs on

Jayud Global Logistics Limited (NASDAQ: JYD) shares moved into positive territory Thursday. The leading end-to-end supply chain solution provider based in Shenzhen specializing in cross-border logistics issued the following statement in response to the market activity on April 1 and April 2: “While it is the Company’s practice not to comment on any stock movement,

Investors may want to blame politics and tariffs for technology stocks falling hard today. However, the tech sector enjoyed the hype around artificial intelligence for over two years. While Nvidia (NVDA) will grow faster than the market, its share price is not immune to a sell-off. Nasdaq (QQQ) will perform worse than the broader market.

Verizon (NASDAQ:VZ) watched its shares gather strength Thursday, having announced the next evolution of its multi-year consumer business transformation, with a strong value commitment designed to strengthen long-term customer relationships across its mobile and home portfolio. This strategic advancement builds on the company’s successful execution of myPlan and myHome, positioning Verizon to further extend its