Emmanuel Macron defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election on a pro-business, pro-European Union platform, bolstering the bloc in the midst of its worst security crisis in decades.

Traders placed bets on a 75-basis-point rate hike from the Bank of Canada after Governor Tiff Macklem acknowledged the potential for rapid increases to borrowing costs to curb inflation that’s at a three-decade high.

Canadian retailers posted a strong sales comeback in March after authorities lifted the bulk of COVID restrictions.

Shopify Inc. set out to win the affection of retail investors with a 10-for-1 stock split. The gambit appears to be too little, too late.

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Hudson's Bay, North America's oldest company with fur trading roots entwined with Canada's Indigenous Peoples, is calling the donation of its landmark Winnipeg building to a First Nations group an act of reconciliation.

Royal Bank of Canada hired Bank of America’s Rajat Bhatia as a managing director in the health-care investment-banking group, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell outlined his most aggressive approach to taming inflation to date, potentially endorsing two or more half percentage-point interest-rate increases while describing the labor market as overheated.

Hexo says it will close its Belleville, Ontario facility this summer affecting 230 employees as it further streamlines operations.

Gap plummeted after announcing trouble at Old Navy -- the brand that generates half of its sales and is seen as the apparel giant’s growth generator going forward.

Amid an ongoing regulatory probe of Flair Airlines, CEO Stephen Jones says the budget carrier has rejigged its governance structure to align with Canadian ownership rules — but that its "significant" debt to an American investor remains a concern.

CMHC says it expects home sales and the pace of price growth for them will remain elevated this year, but ease from their highs of 2021.

Bill Ackman ditched his stake in Netflix Inc. after losing more than $430 million on his investment in less than three months.

Elon Musk says he’s secured US$46.5 billion in funding for a takeover of Twitter Inc. But more than two-thirds of that is either coming from his own pocket or borrowing against his Tesla shares.

Rapidly rising food prices in Canada are shaping grocery shopping habits and buying patterns as consumers increasingly seek out deals and favour discount retailers, the head of Metro said Thursday.

Uber is dropping its mask mandate for customers and drivers in most of Canada, but says they are still recommended.