National Business

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index continued to rise Thursday, boosted by gains in energy stocks, while U.S. stock markets moved lower with the post-election rally appearing to be in the rearview mirror. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 60.

AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. continued to tout its nuclear business as one of the keys to its growth strategy amid a record-high backlog last quarter. The engineering services firm says its services backlog stood at $16.84 billion as of Sept.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped as the market’s big burst following Donald Trump’s election continued to cool. The S&P 500 dipped 0.6% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.6%.

VANCOUVER — The federal government is providing more than $574 million in financing to help build about 950 rental homes in Vancouver.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that the Federal Reserve will likely cut its key interest rate slowly and deliberately in the coming months, in part because inflation has shown signs of persistence and the Fed's officials want to

TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League says all 90 games of its upcoming second regular season will be shown by its Canadian broadcast partners. The league announced its national broadcast partnerships Thursday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal party is promising to improve cellphone coverage and invest in major highways if the party is elected to govern on Nov. 26.

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CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. has reached a deal with the Competition Bureau to address the regulator's concerns about its plan to acquire Heartland Generation Ltd. and its power generation business in Alberta and B.C.

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. will pay a penalty of up to $165 million to the U.S. government for moving too slowly on a recall and failing to give accurate recall information.