National Business

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose more than 100 points Thursday while U.S. stock markets climbed steadily throughout the day to post gains of more than one per cent after two pieces of positive economic news.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspect was relatively easy to find.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children will be able to apply for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges .

A new report says average rents across Canada were up one per cent between February and March – the first month-over-month increase since November. The report by Rentals.

As moving season dawns, those looking to save money on the process have a truckload of options before them. Preparation, research and timing are all factors in determining whether a move empties your pocketbook or merely lightens it.

VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd.'s board of directors has rejected the latest takeover offer from Swiss company Glencore as it updates the terms of its own restructuring proposal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices fell in March, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy are easing more than a year after the Federal Reserve began aggressively raising interest rates.

TORONTO — Hudbay Minerals Inc. says it has struck a deal to buy Copper Mountain Mining Corp. in an all-stock deal it valued at US$439 million.

TORONTO — Corus Entertainment Inc., the parent company of Global Television, reported a loss in its latest quarter compared with a profit a year ago, as its revenue fell five per cent.

MADRID (AP) — Drought now affects 60% of the Spanish countryside, with crops like wheat and barely in four regions likely to fail entirely, the main Spanish farmers association said on Thursday.