National Business

MONTREAL — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is facing a rival bidder for Caltex Australia Ltd. Australia's largest retail fuel and convenience chain says EG Group Ltd. has made a takeover offer for the company.

BURBANK, Calif. — Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again. Eight years after her death, a holographic Houston will embark on a European tour that starts in England on Feb. 25 and runs through early April, with U.S.

WASHINGTON — U.S. producer prices climbed last month at fastest pace since October 2018 as higher prices for services more than offset a drop in the cost of energy.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in January, Statistics Canada says.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in January, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 2.2 per cent (2.0) - Prince Edward Island: 3.0 (2.

WASHINGTON — Construction of new homes edged back slightly in January after a December surge that had pushed home construction to the highest level in 13 years. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that builders started construction on 1.

TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. says the takeover deal it signed with Cineworld PLC has received approval from the Ontario Superior Court. The approval brings U.K.

MONTREAL — CN Rail is laying off about 450 workers in its operations in Eastern Canada after cancelling more than 400 trains in the past week over a rail blockade protesting an LNG pipeline in British Columbia.

GATINEAU, Que.

MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc.'s shares dropped almost 10 per cent Tuesday, one day after announcing the sale of its rail business to French train giant Alstom SA.