National Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a modest 559,000 jobs in May, an improvement from April’s sluggish gain but still evidence that many companies are struggling to find enough workers as the economy rapidly recovers from the pandemic recession.

Universal Music Group is in talks to sell a 10% stake in a deal that would value the record label at about $40 billion.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has slapped a ban on the overflight of the 27-nation bloc’s airspace and the use of its airports by Belarus airlines, in the wake of Minsk’s decision to divert a Ryanair passenger plane to arrest a dissident journal

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 8.2 per cent in May. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 8.2 per cent in May. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 13.4 per cent (13.9) _ Prince Edward Island 9.

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's May employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 8.2 per cent (8.1) Employment rate: 59.4 per cent (59.6) Participation rate: 64.6 per cent (64.

LONDON (AP) — European Union and British regulators opened dual antitrust investigations Friday into whether Facebook distorts competition in the classified advertising market by using data to compete unfairly against rival services.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Conflicted California workplace regulators approved controversial rules Thursday night that allow workers to go maskless only if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A woman from Ventura was reunited with a wallet she lost 46 years ago after an employee working on remodeling Southern California's historic Majestic Ventura Theater discovered it inside a crawl space.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,941.39, down 29.76 points.) BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB). Technology. Up 87 cents, or 4.8 per cent, to $19.12 on 34.8 million shares.