National Business

TRURO, N.S. — Hundreds of workers will soon be without jobs following the closure of a Truro, N.S., carpet plant, one of the city's oldest operating manufacturers.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Terry Gou, chairman of the world's largest contract assembler of consumer electronics, including Apple's iPhones, said Wednesday he intends to run for president of Taiwan, bringing his pro-business and China-friendly policies to what

MINNEAPOLIS — A woman who said she was raped by JD.

WASHINGTON — Stepping up pressure on Cuba, the Trump administration will allow lawsuits against foreign companies doing business in properties seized from Americans after the island's 1959 revolution, a senior administration official said Tuesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Boeing Co. has won a $14.3 billion contract to service and maintain all B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bombers at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.

TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association launched a lawsuit Tuesday against all three levels of government involved in a bid to bring a high-tech neighbourhood to Toronto's downtown core.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index moved negative near the end of trading Tuesday as the price of gold sank to a 2019 low. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 13.26 points to 16,502.20, after hitting an intraday high of 16,553.

Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,502.20, down 13.26 points ). Prometic Life Sciences. Inc. (TSX:PLI). Health care. Down half a cent, or 7.69 per cent, to six cents on 11.

TORONTO — An activist investor has launched a legal suit against Hudbay Minerals Inc. over the way it's been represented in company filings.

SANTA FE, N.M.