National Business

Slightly more Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remained in the same recent healthy range. The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose by 5,000 to 219,000 for the week ending Feb.

Canadian grocers, large and small, are seeking alternatives to U.S. products ahead of a potential trade war, while highlighting homegrown products already available on their shelves.

Enbridge Energy's plans to build a protective tunnel around an aging pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes can continue, a Michigan appeals court ruled.

OTTAWA — Seeing your investments rise is always exciting, but it could also mean it's time for a rebalancing of your asset mix to guard against taking on too much risk or having a portfolio that's too concentrated in one asset.

CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. raised its dividend as it reported a smaller loss in its fourth quarter compared with a year earlier. The power utility says it has increased its quarterly payment to shareholders by half a penny to 6.5 cents per share.

SASKATOON, Sask. — Cameco Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit and revenue rose compared with a year ago, helped by higher uranium sales and prices.

TORONTO — As more than one million mortgages come up for renewal in Canada this year, a new survey says the majority of those homeowners expect to pay more in their monthly borrowing costs.

SASKATOON, Sask. — Nutrien Ltd. says it earned US$118 million in its fourth quarter, down 33 per cent from US$176 million a year earlier. The Saskatoon-based company says its sales totalled US$5.1 billion, down from US$5.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new head of the Social Security Administration said Wednesday that deceased centenarians are “not necessarily receiving benefits," contradicting claims that tens of millions of dead people over the age of 100 are getting payment

TORONTO — Manulife Financial Corp. says its earnings dipped slightly in the fourth quarter but rose overall in 2024. The company's net income attributable to shareholders was $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter, down three per cent from $1.