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MONTREAL — SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.'s stock fell again after Standard & Poor's downgraded its credit rating to junk status. Shares in the engineering giant closed down 24 cents or 1.4 per cent to $16.

LOS ANGELES — Keanu Reeves and Lana Wachowski are returning to the world of "The Matrix." Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich says Tuesday that a fourth "Matrix" is in the works.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index snapped a two-day recovery on Tuesday as market volatility continued ahead of interest rate news this week from the U.S. Federal Reserve.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,213.31, down 90.74 points ). Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX). Materials. Up 76 cents, or 3.15 per cent, to $24.88 on 5.7 million shares.

Canadian factory activity beat expectations in June as manufacturing sales fell 1.2 per cent to $58 billion, led lower by a drop in the petroleum and coal product and food industries, Statistics Canada said in a report Tuesday.

SHENZHEN, China — The founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei said Tuesday he expects no relief from U.S.

TORONTO — Trade uncertainty may weigh on the Canadian banks' upcoming financial results, but strong employment numbers on both sides of the border and a continued boost from their international footprints will likely result in a "solid" quarter, anal

MONTREAL — Transat A.T. Inc. repeated its recommendation that shareholders support a takeover offer for the company by Air Canada after Pierre Karl Peladeau hinted he may make an offer.

LOS ANGELES — The Writers Guild of America filed claims Monday in federal court alleging the entertainment industry's biggest talent agencies are violating antitrust and anti-racketeering laws, the latest move in a long and heated battle between thos

TORONTO — The Walt Disney Company is swooping into the Canadian market with its powerful new streaming platform Disney Plus in November, and analysts say the menu of Marvel superheroes, Pixar characters, and Disney animated classics could give viewer