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MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc. reported its second-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago as revenues were down slightly. The telecommunications and media company says its net income attributable to shareholders totalled $217.

Buying a house is the largest purchase most Canadians will ever make and finally paying off the mortgage is likely to be a game changer.

CALGARY — Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. says it earned a second-quarter profit of $2.46 billion, up from $1.72 billion a year ago. The company says the profit amounted to $1.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising on Wall Street, even as President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs kicked into effect on dozens of countries. The S&P 500 was 0.

MISSISSAUGA — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. says it earned a second-quarter profit of $57.8 million, compared with a loss of $26.2 million a year ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers despite economic uncertainty related to U.S. trade policy. Jobless claims for the week ending Aug.

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England cut its main interest rate Thursday by a quarter percentage point to 4%, as policy makers seek to bolster the sluggish U.K. economy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump began levying higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday, just as the economic fallout of his monthslong tariff threats has begun to create visible damage for the U.S. economy.

Ottawa says it will uphold a ruling by Canada's telecommunications regulator allowing the country’s largest internet companies to provide service to customers using fibre networks built by their rivals — as long as they do so outside their core regio

ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group.