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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite warnings, California’s unemployment agency did nothing for four months to stop paying bogus jobless claims, according to an audit released Thursday that blamed Gov.

Robinhood and other retail brokerages took steps to tamp down the speculative frenzy surrounding companies such as GameStop, but the actions only sparked more volatility in the market and an outcry from users of the platforms and some members of Cong

VICTORIA — B.C. is partnering with the province's hydroelectric utility to offer a lower rate for some industries and public transportation agencies with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the province announced Thursday.

NEW YORK — ABC News President James Goldston said Thursday that he will leave the network at the end of March, after seven years of leading the news division.

CALGARY — The president and group CEO of oil giant Petronas says the LNG Canada liquefied natural gas export facility now under construction in B.C. helps support his company's recently set goal of having net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (17,657.20, up 232.77 points.) BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB). Technology. Down $12.69, or 40.3 per cent, to $18.80 on 23.6 million shares.

TORONTO — North American stock markets had their best day in nearly three months to partially recover from steep losses on Wednesday. "It's been a roller-coaster, kind of mirror image," said Angelo Kourkafas, investment strategist at Edward Jones.

TORONTO — Canadian banks and trading platforms continued to face questions from customers Thursday amid a flurry of stock market activity both locally and worldwide. Toronto-listed BlackBerry shares dropped 40.

DALLAS — Just how bad was 2020 for the airline industry? The six biggest U.S. airlines lost $34 billion, and Southwest suffered its first full-year loss since Richard Nixon was president and gasoline sold for 36 cents a gallon.

TORONTO — A recent share-price rally, then plunge, in typically sleepy companies such as GameStop has put a spotlight on a long-standing stock market practice called short selling.