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An Ontario-based holistic clinic is among seven North American companies warned by U.S. regulators to stop selling products with false claims that they can treat the new coronavirus. The U.S.

TORONTO — Canada's biggest financial institutions are making sweeping changes to their trading operations to protect against a novel form of coronavirus, which one bank confirmed it has already faced in its workforce.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index had its worst day in more than three decades, closing down 10.3 per cent Monday as a collapse in oil prices triggered a plunge in the energy sector and the loonie. The S&P/TSX composite index lost 1,660.

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court on Monday restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal “Stairway to Heaven." The 9th U.S.

CALGARY — The CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says Monday's oil price crash and stock market selloff will hurt Canadian energy companies that have weak balance sheets and high debt.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (14,514.24, down 1,660.78 points). Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE). Energy. Down $4.08, or 51.65 per cent, to $3.82 on 22.7 million shares.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's finance minister says Tuesday's provincial budget hits the government's target of a $125-million surplus to go towards the debt.

Aon is buying rival benefits and risk consultant Willis Towers Watson in an all-stock deal valued at around $30 billion.

TORONTO — Food delivery companies operating in Canada are undertaking a handful of precautions amid an outbreak of a novel form of coronavirus. Non-contact drop-offs are coming next week to the Chanmao Inc.

CALGARY — World oil prices are in free fall after Saudi Arabia slashed its crude sale price Sunday, signalling the start of a price war after OPEC talks with Russia broke down without an agreement on production cuts.