National Business

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned of “tough months ahead” with COVID-19 continuing to flare, making it critical that Congress pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package.

SEATTLE — Boeing Co. has said it will outsource a significant amount of information technology work to Dell starting in April, including support of cloud services, databases and information technology. The move is expected to eliminate 600 jobs.

Prolonged lockdowns meant to quell the spread of COVID-19 are making it tough for Lightspeed POS Inc. to pick up new customers.

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined to 779,000 last week, a still-historically high total that shows that a sizable number of people keep losing jobs to the viral pandemic.

WASHINGTON — U.S. productivity in the October-December quarter fell by the largest amount in 39 years as the coronavirus pandemic roiled the labour market. Productivity dropped at a rate of 4.

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, tenants in many parts of the country are witnessing something they haven't seen in years: falling rent prices.

NEW DELHI — It took just one tweet from Rihanna to anger the Indian government and supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party.

CALGARY — Canadian oilsands and refining giant Suncor Energy Inc. is reporting a fourth-quarter net loss of $168 million or 11 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $2.34 billion or $1.52 in the same period of 2019.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is introducing a new grant program to support small and medium-sized businesses in expanding or pivoting to online sales.

MONTREAL — Investor advisory firm Glass Lewis is recommending Dorel Industries Inc. shareholders vote against a revised proposal to take the company private. The advisory firm calls the amended proposal price pump to $16 per share from $14.