National Business

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in January as rising mortgage rates and prices put off many would-be homebuyers despite a wider selection of properties on the market. Sales fell 4.

TORONTO — Onex Corp. reported a loss in its fourth quarter compared with a profit a year earlier. The private equity firm, which keeps its books in U.S.

OTTAWA — Seventy per cent of Canadians are in favour of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on the United States, a new poll suggests.

British Columbia is launching a task force focused on growing the agriculture and food processing industries after years of struggle due to climate, labour concerns and now the threat of tariffs from the United States.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell more than 150 points in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the technology sector, while U.S. stock markets also dropped. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 168.77 points at 25,457.39.

A slide for Walmart is hemming in Wall Street, and U.S. stock indexes are edging back from an all-time high. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% in early Thursday trading after setting records in each of the last two days.

VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. reported a profit in its latest quarter compared with a loss a year earlier, helped by record copper production.

Canadian grocers, large and small, are seeking alternatives to U.S. products ahead of a potential trade war, while highlighting homegrown products already available on their shelves.

The wreck of a crashed Delta Air Lines jet has been cleared from a runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. The airline says removing the wreckage took several hours on Wednesday.

The federal government is going to court to force a Toronto company to sell a $34-million stake in a Calgary-based lithium firm that it bought off a Chinese company.