National Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — Worries about everyday expenses helped return President-elect Donald Trump to the White House. But with his second term quickly approaching, many U.S. adults are skeptical about his ability to bring down costs.

UnitedHealth posted a better-than-expected profit in the final quarter of 2024, but revenue fell short as challenges like Medicare funding cuts and a Medicaid enrollment drop hurt.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The "significant pressures" on British Columbia's forest industry have prompted a review of BC Timber Sales, the organization that manages about 20 per cent of the annual allowable cut.

U.S. softwood lumber duties and president-elect Donald Trump's threatened tariffs against Canadian exports could be "devastating" to the province's forestry sector, B.C. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar said on Wednesday.

VANCOUVER — Walmart Canada says a third-party supplier that weighed and labelled meat products for its Richmond, B.C., store took immediate "corrective action" when it was made aware some products were being priced incorrectly.

Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant's first such deal with a news publisher.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose 200 points Wednesday amid a broad-based rally led by technology, financials and base metals, while U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks ripped higher after an encouraging update on U.S. inflation. The S&P 500 jumped 1.8% for its best day in two months Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.7%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 2.5%.