National Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls.

CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says October home sales were mostly flat compared with last year's levels, but remained around one-quarter higher than long-term trends for the month.

TORONTO — Shares of Aecon Group Inc. were up more than 10 per cent after it reported a third-quarter profit that fell compared with a year ago, but topped expectations. The company reported a third-quarter profit of $56.

CALGARY — The Pathways Alliance group of oilsands companies has issued a request for proposals to pipe manufacturers for the massive carbon capture and storage network it wants to build in northern Alberta. The CEO of Imperial Oil Ltd.

MONTREAL — Cogeco Inc. says it will begin a three-year transformation program in its 2025 fiscal year to set the company on what it calls "a path to sustainable growth.

CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. has begun talks with its customers about expanding its Mainline pipeline network to handle growing volumes of Canadian oil output, the Calgary-based company said Friday.

TORONTO — Canadians now have a single place to appeal banking issues after the federal government's simplification of the system took effect Friday.

TORONTO — A U.S. senator is raising concerns that TD Bank Group executives did not face charges as part of the bank's settlement over its failure to detect large-scale money laundering. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says in a letter to the U.S.

TORONTO — Magna International Inc. cut its guidance for its full year after seeing its sales decrease last quarter amid a global production slump of light vehicles.

MONTREAL — Laurentian Bank of Canada says veteran executive Robert Ouellette is joining its board of directors as a new independent director.