National Business

OTTAWA — Co-signing a loan can help someone access credit that they might not otherwise be able to obtain, but experts say it brings risk both to your credit rating and your relationship with the person you are trying to help if things go wrong.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says chief financial officer Tony Staffieri has left the company. It said Staffieri's departure was effective Wednesday. Senior vice-president Paulina Molnar has been appointed as interim CFO.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose for the third straight week, a sign that the highly contagious delta variant may be slowing the job market's recovery.

PARIS (AP) — French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was convicted Thursday and sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 reelection bid, will appeal the ruling, his lawyer said.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,158.14, down 16.00 points.) Bank of Nova Scotia. (TSX:BNS). Financials. Up nine cents, or 0.11 per cent, to $78.83 on 15.

CALGARY — Enbridge Inc.

PARIS (AP) — Naomi Campbell and Carla Bruni returned to the Paris runway to feverish screams to help Olivier Rousteing celebrate his 10-year anniversary at the creative helm of Balmain.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index followed Tuesday's steep losses by losing more ground at closing as higher bond yields continued to drag down the technology sector and offset continued energy gains.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge dismissed a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Evel Knievel’s son a year ago against the Walt Disney Co. and movie company Pixar over a “Toy Story 4” daredevil character named Duke Caboom.

HALIFAX — A provincial budget update for Nova Scotia is estimating a smaller deficit for the 2021-22 fiscal year. Officials are now projecting a deficit of $445 million, down from the forecast of $585 million presented in the March provincial budget.