National Business

TORONTO — The union that represents half of the employees at Vice Canada's office in Toronto says it's disappointed by reports that its U.S. parent plans about 155 layoffs worldwide.

TORONTO — About one in three workers in Ontario has been affected by the economic shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the province's fiscal watchdog said Friday, warning that the impacts will be more profound the longer business closures contin

OTTAWA — Canadian home sales plunged to levels not seen in almost 40 years in April as the COVID-19 outbreak forced distancing measures and created economic uncertainty. Home sales were down 57.

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc.'s interim chief executive says the COVID-19 boom in cannabis sales has dissipated.

OTTAWA — Canada's telecommunications regulator has rejected a call to get more actively involved in safeguarding privacy if cellphone and internet apps are used to trace COVID-19's spread.

WASHINGTON — American industry suffered the most severe plunge on record last month with factories, mines and utilities battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The Federal Reserve said Friday that its industrial production index tumbled a record 11.

BERLIN — The German economy shrank by 2.2% in the first quarter compared with the previous three-month period as shutdowns in the country and beyond started to bite, official data showed Friday.

BERLIN — The German economy shrank by 2.2% in the first quarter compared with the previous three-month period as shutdowns in the country and beyond started to bite, official data showed Friday.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club will partially reopen to members this weekend as South Florida slowly reopens from the coronavirus lockdown.

Canadian telecom companies say demand for their services has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic and will change business once the lockdown ends. Rogers Communications Inc.