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TORONTO — Canada's main stock index eked out a gain Friday, while U.S. markets ended the day mixed as tech pulled equities lower. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 23.74 points at 21,125.28.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed its latest winning week with a mixed finish, as drops for technology stocks dragged on the market. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% Friday.

A White House statement on Friday cited climate risk as the reason for pausing new LNG approvals, adding the current process the Energy Department uses to evaluate LNG projects doesn't adequately account for the impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused to grant an injunction to halt tree cutting and other preparatory work at the site of a future electric vehicle facility east of Montreal.

Approximately 140 workers at the refinery have been on strike since Sept. 28.

TORONTO — Uber Canada is making several changes aimed at offering drivers and couriers more transparency about their earnings and better protection when they’re on the road. The changes include a pilot rolling out later this year that will provide B.

OTTAWA — Tamara Vrooman is leaving her role as chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. Federal Infrastructure Minister Sean Fraser says Vrooman's departure after three years in the job takes effect tomorrow.

The federal government has announced a two-year limit on new study permits to get a handle on a soaring international student program. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled further last month even as the economy kept growing briskly , a trend sure to be welcomed at the White House as President Joe Biden seeks re-election in a race that could pivot