National Business

TORONTO — Thomson Reuters Corp. announced plans to invest more than US$100 million a year in generative artificial intelligence.

VICTORIA — Vancouver-based Helijet International has placed what it says is Canada's first order for an electric vertical-takeoff aircraft to add to its current fleet of passenger and cargo helicopters.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — A shipping company serving the Far North says an employee is recovering in an Ottawa hospital after he and almost two dozen containers fell into the water near Nunavut's capital on Friday.

TORONTO — Centerra Gold Inc. says it earned US$60.6 million in the third quarter, up from a loss of $33.9 million a year earlier. The Toronto-based company says revenues for the quarter ended Sept. 30 were US$343.

Australian mining giant BHP is going ahead with a plan to spend $6.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to be in Washington on Friday as part of U.S. President Joe Biden's push for greater economic integration across the Western Hemisphere. "Canada is an invaluable partner in that effort," U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers are feeling increasingly less confident these days as fears of an oncoming recession remain elevated. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 102.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (18,873.47, up 16.71): First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM). Mining. Down $3.93, or 19.65 per cent, to $16.07 on 10.9 million shares.

OTTAWA — The federal government's priorities for improving Canada's immigration system include better aligning the number of people welcomed to the country with what the labour market needs, as well as services and infrastructure, says a report relea

VANCOUVER — Shares in First Quantum Minerals Ltd. continued to slide Tuesday as uncertainty clouds the fate of its Cobre Panama mine.