National Business

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's budget is to be tabled Thursday and will include a plan to bring the province back to fiscal balance within four years, according to a government source.

SAN FRANCISCO — The CEO of BetterUp Inc.

TORONTO — Canada's largest airport lost $383 million last year as the number of passengers plunged nearly 74 per cent from 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority says its net loss compared with a $139.

STELLARTON, N.S. — Donald Sobey, former president and chairman of Empire Company Ltd. and the son of the Sobeys grocery store founder, has died. He was 86 years old.

NEW YORK — Amazon Prime Video will stream 21 Yankees games to members in New York’s broadcast market for the first season, a slate that starts with an April 18 matchup against Tampa Bay.

ISMAILIA, Egypt — A skyscraper-sized container ship has become wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal and blocked all traffic in the vital waterway, officials said Wednesday, threatening to disrupt a global shipping system already strained by the coronavir

TORONTO — Ontario has laid out a $186-billion spending plan the government says will fight COVID-19, help small businesses and support families.

TORONTO — The Ontario Ministry of Finance is extending the term of Ontario Securities Commission chair and chief executive Grant Vingoe, who began the role on April 15, 2020.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (18,628.29, down 41.51 points.) TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Up $1.56, or 2.73 per cent, to $58.72 on 12.9 million shares.