National Business

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index and several of its U.S. counterparts slid in late-morning trading as commodities also ticked down. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 21.14 points at 26,247.86.

OTTAWA — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says Canada has invited her to attend the G7 leaders' summit next month in Alberta but she hasn't decided yet if she'll attend.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s deputy minister of natural resources says private landowners whose property has been identified for potential uranium exploration can say no.

TORONTO — Canada’s competition watchdog says it will fight a constitutional challenge from Google in a case alleging the tech giant abused its dominant position in the online advertising market.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford's government is set to capitulate to some First Nation demands on a controversial mining bill, though it will not kill the proposed law outright, The Canadian Press has learned.

MONTREAL — National Bank of Canada reported a second-quarter profit of $896 million, down slightly from $906 million a year earlier. The Montreal-based bank says the profit amounted to $2.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are holding steadier a day after leaping back within a few good days’ worth of gains from its all-time high. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in early trading Wednesday.

WATERLOO — Definity Financial Corp. says it will acquire most of the Canadian operations of U.S. insurance firm Travelers for $3.3 billion. Definity says the deal will make it the fourth largest property and casualty insurer in Canada.

MILAN (AP) — Stellantis , the world’s fourth-largest carmaker , named Italian auto executive Antonio Filosa as its new chief executive officer Wednesday, replacing Carlos Tavares , who resigned under pressure last year.

Bell Canada has announced it will open six artificial intelligence data centres in B.C. as part of a plan to create the largest AI compute project in Canada.