National Business

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained just over 50 points on Thursday, helped by strength in utilities and base metals, while U.S. markets were mixed. The prospect of interest rates in the U.S.

QUEBEC — Hydro-Québec and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake signed an agreement today to jointly own a transmission line that will export electricity to New York City.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The spring homebuying season is off to a sluggish start as home shoppers contend with elevated mortgage rates and rising prices. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell 4.

Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war , further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.

TORONTO — TD Bank chief executive Bharat Masrani says he hopes to be able to say more soon on the investigation into the bank's anti-money laundering measures.

TORONTO — Randi Zuckerberg says she thinks creators should start disclosing when they've used artificial intelligence to produce work because it's "becoming harder and harder to tell what's real.

TORONTO — Mortgage shopping isn’t getting much easier these days.

TORONTO — The plant-based protein industry is focused on improving the price, taste and texture of its products as it weathers a period of consumer wariness brought on by the rising cost of living.

TORONTO — Canadians are continuing to be laid off as part of a wave of job cuts that began in 2023 as companies assessed their operations after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic passed.

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits didn't change last week as the labor market continues to defy efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool hiring.