National Business

LONDON (AP) — Three 2021 Nobel Prize laureates said Monday that climate change is the biggest threat facing the world — yet they remain optimistic — as this year's winners began receiving their awards at scaled-down local ceremonies adapted for pande

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Defense Ministry on Monday announced that it was tightening supervision over cyber exports — a move that follows a series of scandals involving Israeli spyware company NSO Group.

TORONTO — Dye & Durham Ltd. has signed a deal to buy Telus' financial solutions business for $500 million. The financial solutions business provides a national payment infrastructure that helps people make payments online.

VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. says its coal sales in the fourth quarter will be lower than it had earlier estimated due to the heavy rain, flooding and mudslides in B.C. that have disrupted the railways in the province.

CALGARY — Crescent Point Energy Corp. raised its quarterly dividend as it increased its production guidance for next year. The company says it will pay a quarterly dividend of 4.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Adam Lichter says he spent his last year in Newfoundland and Labrador's oil industry teaching himself to code while working on a supply vessel in an oilfield about 350 kilometres off the coast of St. John's.

British Columbia has expanded emergency financial assistance for people affected by extensive flooding and landslides over the last three weeks.

TORONTO — Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Helmi Ansari could get espresso makers and stainless steel water bottles manufactured within three months and delivered to Canada by boat for about US$4,500 per shipping container.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: CP speech: Canadian Pacific executives are scheduled to address the BMO Capital Markets 2021 Growth & ESG Conference on Tuesday.

HIGH RIVER, Alta. — The threat of a strike at an Alberta beef processing plant has been averted after workers accepted the owner's latest offer.