National Business

OTTAWA — Canadian wholesale sales edged up 0.3 per cent in August to advance for a fourth consecutive month, though at a much slower pace than in previous months. Statistics Canada said Monday that wholesale sales were up 0.3 per cent to $65.

LOS ANGELES — Liam Neeson’s thriller “Honest Thief” stole the top spot at the box office in yet another quiet weekend of moviegoing. The Open Roads Films movie brought in $3.7 million in North America the weekend of its U.S. debut.

TORONTO — Brookfield Asset Management Inc. says it has signed a deal to acquire a 19.9 per cent stake in American Equity Investment Life Holding Co., which specializes in selling fixed index annuities.

GAMPELA, Burkina Faso — The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator.

TORONTO — The family that controls the Cogeco companies roundly rejected another takeover offer from Altice USA and Rogers Communications on Sunday night.

WASHINGTON — After struggling to ramp up coronavirus testing, the U.S. can now screen several million people daily, thanks to a growing supply of rapid tests. But the boom comes with a new challenge: keeping track of the results. All U.S.

NICOSIA, Cyprus — A hardliner who won a Turkish Cypriot leadership election said Sunday he's ready to resume dormant talks aimed at ending Cyprus' 46-year ethnic division, as long as rival Greek Cypriots come to grips with Turkey's regional might.

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TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,438.75, down 62.28 points.) Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX:TD). Financials. Down 14 cents, or 0.23 per cent, to $60.42 on 6.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index closed modestly lower on Friday as new COVID-19 restrictions around the world weighed on oil prices.