Prices may be rising, but Americans are still eagerly forking over their cash.

U.S. equities rose toward all-time highs as the latest read on the economy eased concerns about inflation and the Federal Reserve scaling back its ultra-accomodative policies.

Ontario, Canada’s largest issuer of green bonds, may add sustainable debt offerings to its supply of environmental, social, governmental labeled securities amid increasing demand for such investments.

U.S. growth missed forecasts in the second quarter as the effects of supply-chain constraints reverberated through the economy and took the shine off one of the biggest gains in consumer spending in decades.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc raised its dividend by almost 40 per cent and said it will buy back US$2 billion of shares, continuing an effort to win back investors as stronger oil prices and a buoyant chemicals market lifted earnings.

Cenovus Energy Inc. swung to a $224-million net profit in its latest quarter on a large recovery in sales due to improved market conditions since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its takeover of rival Husky Energy Inc.

Strong sales of high-end Porsches and Audis are limiting the damage the global chip shortage is doing to Volkswagen AG, leading Europe’s biggest carmaker to raise its profitability outlook for the year.

Nikola Corp. founder and former chairman Trevor Milton has been charged by prosecutors with making false statements to investors in the electric-vehicle startup. The charges follow a difficult year for the company, which went public last year and almost immediately faced questions about its production and technology.

A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members' employers have agreed to return to the bargaining table following a strike threat made earlier this week.

Mining company Kirkland Lake reported record production and earnings in their second quarter, despite a rise in operating costs for selling gold compared to the previous year.

Clarios International Inc., the car battery maker backed by Brookfield Asset Management Inc., has postponed an initial public offering that was scheduled for Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter.

Applications for U.S. state unemployment fell last week, signaling that the labor market continues to improve even as the delta variant of Covid-19 rages amid sustained vaccine hesitancy.

Canada’s Inter Pipeline Ltd. told shareholders to accept a CUS$8.6 billion (US$6.8 billion) hostile takeover offer from Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP, days after walking away from a friendly deal with Pembina Pipeline Corp.

More than 81 per cent of outstanding shares were voted in favour of the merger at a special meeting.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says its profits surged in the second quarter as revenues more than quadrupled following the acquisition of Norbord.

Valuations for startups are racing ahead of what the companies’ current results appear to justify, but don’t call it a bubble yet, says a seasoned venture capitalist.