National Business

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remains at levels low enough to show that most workers enjoy job security.

TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. reported a dip in its fourth-quarter profit compared with a year ago, as it took a one-time charge related to its financial services deal with Scotiabank.

WASHINGTON — Congressional bargainers formally completed a bipartisan border security pact late Wednesday and President Donald Trump laboured to frame it as a political win, even though it contains only a fraction of the billions for a "great, powerf

BEIJING — U.S. and Chinese negotiators began trade talks Thursday that President Donald Trump says will help decide whether he escalates a fight over Beijing's technology ambitions by raising tariffs on $200 billion of imports from China.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Opposition Liberals are calling for New Democrat Ravi Kahlon to resign from an all-party committee reviewing ride hailing for the province because his dad holds a taxi licence.

TORONTO — Sun Life Financial Inc. says net income rose in the fourth quarter as it benefited from lower taxes in the U.S. and lower-than-expected expenses. The company says it had a net income of $580 million in the quarter ending Dec.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google plans to invest more than $13 billion this year on new and expanded data centres and offices across the U.S.

CALGARY — Drilling companies continue to move rigs from Western Canada to the more active oilfields of the southern United States. Calgary-based Western Energy Services Corp. says it moved a drilling rig from Canada to the U.S.

VANCOUVER — Goldcorp Inc. lost almost $4 billion in the fourth quarter, owing almost entirely to a non-cash impairment related to its takeover by Newmont Mining Corp.

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers challenged top executives of T-Mobile and Sprint on Wednesday over their pledge not to raise prices for wireless services or hurt competition if their $26.5 billion merger goes through.