National Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists announced Tuesday that they have for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it — a major breakthrough in the decades-long quest to harness the process that powers the sun.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States slowed again last month in the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pressures they continue to inflict on American households . Consumer prices rose 7.

MONTREAL — As the peak holiday travel season takes flight, Canada's busiest airport has a number of tips and tools to avoid long lineups and delays as seen this past summer.

A lawyer representing Canada's competition watchdog says Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc.'s plan to sell Freedom Mobile to Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron will put Videotron in a position of "severe vulnerability.

MONTREAL — Marissa Myers has been shopping almost exclusively at second-hand stores for the past three years.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's electric utility says it will cost about $35 million to repair damage to the company's distribution system caused by post-tropical storm Fiona.

OTTAWA — A small business group is calling on the federal government to freeze upcoming increases to Canada Pension Plan and employment insurance premiums.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. says it has recovered nearly 2,600 barrels of oil and water from a creek following a leak in its Keystone pipeline last week.

TORONTO — Job search company Indeed says postings on its site for Canadian tech roles have dropped 32 per cent since May and are showing no signs of stabilizing as the sector grapples with layoffs.

TORONTO — Bank of Montreal says it will raise about $3.