National Business

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling again as their big rally following last week’s presidential election and cut to interest rates continues to fade. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% Friday.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain rose 0.8 per cent to $82.3 billion in September.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales rose last month at a healthy pace in the latest sign that consumer spending is driving the economy's steady growth.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — MDA Space Ltd. reported $29.5 million in third-quarter net income, up from $9.3 million in the same quarter last year, as its revenue rose by nearly 40 per cent compared with a year ago.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's return on investment for sponsoring a professional English soccer team was not quite as rosy as previously claimed.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hundreds of hotel workers at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip went on strike just before dawn Friday after a long and highly publicized fight for a new contract.

TORONTO — Pop superstar Taylor Swift kicked off the first of six shows in Toronto with fans cheering her entrance.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Lima, Peru, where he will attend the APEC summit before heading to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the G20.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's NDP and Liberal leaders attacked Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston's claims of reviving the province's ailing health-care system, citing patient horror stories during a televised debate Thursday.

The satirical news publication The Onion was named the winning bidder for Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction Thursday, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation ju