Economists on average had expected an increase of 0.4 per cent for August, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv.

He will find out Tuesday evening whether he has any chance of getting his deal through Parliament — and whether he can do it ahead of his Oct. 31 deadline.

Today, we’re going in-depth on all the implications for the economy, your money and Canada’s future, including the outlook for advancing the Trans Mountain expansion project.

A bellwether of the global industrial economy may be sending out distress signals.

Saudi Aramco is pushing to complete its initial public offering this year and is considering making a formal announcement as soon as the next few weeks, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Under Armour Inc. founder Kevin Plank is stepping aside as head of the company he started in his grandmother’s basement, elevating the executive he brought in two years ago during a painful restructuring of the apparel maker.

United Parcel Service Inc. is seeing more signs of success for Chief Executive Officer David Abney’s spending spree on new aircraft and upgraded sorting hubs, even as a U.S.-China tariff war casts a pall on global trade.

Royal Bank of Canada set a goal nine years ago to become a Top 10 investment bank in the U.S. -- but cracking Wall Street’s upper echelons for advising on takeovers had proved elusive. Until now.

The family’s flagship retail chain makes its move into Manhattan’s Central Park Tower—after 118 years in business.

Biogen Inc. will ask U.S. drug regulators to approve the company’s experimental Alzheimer’s therapy, reviving the nearly abandoned treatment after a new analysis of data from two failed clinical trials showed promising results.

Montreal-based Lightspeed says it will pay US$35.3 million in cash and about US$7.7 million in deferred shares for Kounta on closing.

SoftBank is said to plan taking control of WeWork.

The Canada Energy Regulator says exports of crude oil by rail from Canada fell slightly in August to 310,000 barrels per day from 313,000 bpd in July.

Rather than help the earnings results Ford delivers this week, the Explorer will be a hindrance.