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Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,748.45, down 142.17 points.) Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (TSX:CP). Industrials. Down $2.06, or 2.2 per cent, to $90.27 on 37.
S&P/TSX composite falls on renewed worries about Omicron, impending Fed moves

S&P/TSX composite falls on renewed worries about Omicron, impending Fed moves

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index started the trading week on a continued down note as the energy and industrials sectors fell on renewed worries about the latest COVID-19 variant and impending decisions by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
California proposes reducing incentives for rooftop solar

California proposes reducing incentives for rooftop solar

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Health experts critical of Canadian truckers' vaccination exemption plea

Health experts critical of Canadian truckers' vaccination exemption plea

TORONTO — Canada's trucking industry wants the federal government and the U.S. to exempt their workers from forthcoming vaccination mandates, but health experts say the proposal is problematic.
Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announces supply chain summit

Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announces supply chain summit

Ottawa has announced plans to hold a national summit early next year to examine the country's supply chain and seek ways to deal with the bottlenecks and other problems facing the system.
Harris unveils plan for electric vehicle charging network

Harris unveils plan for electric vehicle charging network

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration released an ambitious federal strategy Monday to build 500,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across the country and bring down the cost of electric cars with the goal of transforming the U.S.
John Legend branches out into book publishing

John Legend branches out into book publishing

John Legend's newest project brings him into the book business.
Pfizer to pay $6.7B in cash for Arena Pharmaceuticals

Pfizer to pay $6.7B in cash for Arena Pharmaceuticals

NEW YORK — Pfizer is spending $6.7 billion to buy a drugmaker that is developing treatments for inflammatory conditions like Chrohn’s disease but has no products on the market.
Noront Resources shares soar after Wyloo Metals raises takeover offer

Noront Resources shares soar after Wyloo Metals raises takeover offer

TORONTO — Shares of Noront Resources Ltd. gained nearly 50 per cent in early trading after Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd. raised its offer for the company in its takeover fight with BHP. Wyloo says it is now offering $1.
Gildan Activewear buys yarn supplier Frontier Yarns for US$168 million

Gildan Activewear buys yarn supplier Frontier Yarns for US$168 million

MONTREAL — Gildan Activewear Inc. has signed a deal to buy Phoenix Sanford LLC, the parent company of Frontier Yarns, for US$168 million. Frontier is a producer of cotton, polyester and cotton blend yarns.