National Business

WINNIPEG — Global supply chain constraints, inflation and restructuring costs put pressure on NFI Group Inc.'s second quarter earnings, but the company said Wednesday that the outlook is improving.

Dye & Durham says it is considering its options after the United Kingdom's competition regulator said the company must sell a 2021 acquisition due to competition concerns.

NEW YORK — Tilray Brands Inc. says its wellness division has signed a distribution agreement with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits.

The OPEC oil cartel and its allies decided Wednesday to boost production in September by a much slower pace than in previous months at a time of high gasoline prices and unstable energy supplies exacerbated by the war Russia has waged on Ukraine .

VAUGHAN, Ont. — The company behind Harvey's, Swiss Chalet and other restaurant franchises says it saw a 55.4 per cent jump in system sales in the second quarter compared with last year as customers returned to in-restaurant dining.

TORONTO — Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP reported strong second quarter results as funds from operations (FFO) jumped 30 per cent compared with the same quarter last year.

TORONTO — It's hard to miss the smattering of cannabis store signs aiming to lure in customers with deep discounts and flashy membership programs along the stretch of Front Street East leading to Toronto's St. Lawrence Market.

VANCOUVER — Semtech Corp. says it's buying Vancouver-based Sierra Wireless in an all-cash deal that values the cellular technology provider at US$1.2 billion.

ISTANBUL (AP) — The first grain ship to leave Ukraine and cross the Black Sea under a wartime deal passed inspection Wednesday in Istanbul and headed on to Lebanon.

NEW YORK (AP) — Country superstar Dolly Parton, who made a big donation to help fund coronavirus vaccine research in 2020, is among this year's Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recipients.