National Business

TORONTO — TD Bank Group says it is moving to require employees be in the office four days a week, adding to the number of banks doing so.

The parent company of 7-Eleven has pushed back against the reasons Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. gave for why a takeover deal never materialized. Couche-Tard said last week that it was ending a yearlong effort to buy Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. hopes to find "revenue and cost synergies" in its expanded portfolio of sports assets after becoming the majority owner of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.

TORONTO — Scotiabank says it expects its holdings in U.S. bank KeyCorp to add about $61 million in income to its third-quarter results.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained elevated and national median sales prices hit unprecedented levels. Existing home sales fell 2.

HUNTSVILLE, ONT. — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew was hopeful after meeting Tuesday with the prime minister and other premiers about the potential for a large Arctic trade corridor through the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay.

Canadian National Railway Co. reported its profit ticked up during its second quarter compared with last year, as it said trade uncertainty is making it difficult for it to provide investors with an outlook.

EDMONTON — Environmental lawyers are asking Alberta's ethics commissioner to investigate an energy regulator board member and adviser to Premier Danielle Smith for conflicts of interest.

When was the last time you pulled out cash to pay for something? Many Canadians might have to think long and hard, especially if they're younger.

TORONTO — Sales of spirits from the United States have plunged in Canada as provinces and consumers push back against U.S. trade hostility, but industry groups found overall sales are down too. Spirits sales from the U.S. were down 66.