National Business

NEW YORK — British perfume brand Jo Malone has apologized to Black actor John Boyega of “Star Wars” fame after cutting him out of the Chinese version of a cologne commercial he helped create.

TORONTO — Netflix and the Toronto International Film Festival have been an inseparable power couple for years, mastering the ways to get moviegoers talking, but during the pandemic their storied Hollywood relationship is on a break.

TOKYO — The criminal trial against Japanese automaker Nissan and its former executive Greg Kelly will open in Tokyo District Court on Tuesday. It’s the latest chapter in the unfolding scandal of Carlos Ghosn, a superstar at Nissan Motor Co.

LONDON — Oxford University announced Saturday it was resuming a trial for a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, a move that comes days after the study was suspended following a reported side-effect in a U.K.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. budget deficit hit an all-time high of $3 trillion for the first 11 months of this budget year, the Treasury Department said Friday.

Canadian technology company Lightspeed is testing its fortunes on the U.S. market, in hopes that investors will want a piece of its digital payments business. Shares of Lightspeed POS Inc.

NEW YORK — Following the less-than-stellar theatrical debut of Christopher Nolan's “Tenet,” Warner Bros. is delaying its next big release, “Wonder Woman 1984," to Christmas.

TORONTO — TekSavvy Solutions Inc. said Friday it won't pay more monthly fees to Bell or Rogers until they rebate tens of millions of dollars they collected over several years before they were ordered to slash their wholesale rates retroactively.

TORONTO — An up-and-down trading session ended in positive territory for Canada's main stock index on Friday while U.S. stock markets were mixed after another day of tech sector instability.

NEW YORK — No celebs packing the front rows. No paparazzi chasing models down the streets. No stiletto-heeled crowds. No crowds at all, actually.