National Business

TORONTO — The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada is now requiring the mandatory reporting of any cybersecurity incidents that occur at the investment firms it regulates.

CALGARY — Premier Jason Kenney vowed Wednesday to keep fighting for Alberta's slumping oil and gas sector as the industry unveiled another disappointing drilling forecast and criticism surfaced from an unlikely source, the Swedish central bank.

HALIFAX — Chorus Aviation Inc. reported a profit of $24.2 million in its latest quarter as revenue increased 2.8 per cent compared with a year ago.

SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan government is announcing plans to open trade offices in Japan, India and Singapore. The province hopes doing so will strengthen trade relationships and increase the shipment of exports.

TORONTO — Freshii Inc. reported a loss of US$415,000 in its latest quarter, slightly less than a year ago as revenue increased 5.4 per cent. The restaurant chain, which keeps its books in U.S.

TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it earned a return of 2.3 per cent during its most recent quarter, after expenses. Net assets for the Toronto-based fund manager grew to $409.5 billion as of Sept. 30, up from $400.

TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it earned a return of 2.3 per cent during its most recent quarter, after expenses. Net assets for the Toronto-based fund manager grew to $409.5 billion as of Sept. 30, up from $400.

BERLIN — Germany’s economy, Europe’s largest, avoided entering a widely-anticipated recession in the third quarter as strong domestic spending helped spark modest growth, the Federal Statistical Office reported Thursday.

VICTORIA — A forest industry trade mission to Asia faces fewer political tensions this year than last December after the arrest of a top Chinese executive, but concerns about supply issues are now on the table, says British Columbia's forests ministe

HAMILTON — Stelco Holdings Inc. says it made no net profit in the third quarter as revenues dropped 23 per cent on lower selling prices for steel. The Hamilton, Ont.-based company's net profit for the period ended Sept.