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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8 million vacancies in August, up from 7.7 million in July.

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TORONTO — Restaurant company SIR Corp. is investigating a cybersecurity incident that has impacted part of its information technology infrastructure.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.

COCHRANE, Alta. — An explosion at an energy site northwest of Calgary has injured five workers, and RCMP say the resulting fire could burn for days. Cpl.

Authorities on Monday night ended a shelter-in-place order for more than 90,000 people east of Atlanta following a weekend chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke into the Georgia sky and led to complaints about a strong chemical

TORONTO — TD Bank Group has agreed to pay more than US$28 million after an investigation into manipulation of the U.S. Treasuries market by one of its traders. The deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index posted modest gains Monday, while U.S. markets also rose near the end of the day to kick off the week in the green. Stocks were down earlier in the afternoon in part because of comments from U.S.