National Business

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Economic data Statistics Canada will release its monthly survey of manufacturing report and wholesale trade figures for September on Tuesday.

Pivot Air's chief executive says paperwork filed in a Dominican Republic court Friday could allow the airline's five staff kept in the Caribbean nation since April to return home soon.

Health Canada is recalling portable generators by brands Generac and DR after reports of finger amputations in the U.S.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,111.51, up 121.15): Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSX:AQN). Utilities. Down $2.95, or 19.24 per cent, to $12.34 on 16.

TORONTO — The S&P/TSX composite continued its rally Friday, rising more than 120 points and closing above 20,000 points for the first time since late August, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 121.

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president said Friday that special military units have entered Kherson, a major regional capital that Russian forces had captured early in the war.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street tacked more onto its stupendous surge from a day before, leaving the market with its biggest weekly gain since the summer. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% Friday, and the Nasdaq rose twice as much.

NEW YORK (AP) — It took less than a week for FTX to go from the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world to bankruptcy court.

Twitter's relaunched premium service — which grants blue-check “verification” labels to anyone willing to pay $8 a month — was unavailable Friday after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts it itself had approved.

MONTREAL — A recent data breach on Sobeys has revealed a larger issue in Canada's agri-food sector, an expert said.