National Business

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rallied Friday to end a second strong week on growing signals of a potential resolution in the trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.

Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (15,303.83, up 92.61 points ). Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Health care. Down 17 cents, or 1.95 per cent, to $8.53 on 24.4 million shares.

MONTREAL — Unifor's Quebec director Renaud Gagne is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to follow in Ontario Premier Doug Ford's footsteps by pledging support for General Motors workers faced with a looming plant closure. "Mr.

NEW YORK — Canadian businessman Gordon Flatt has filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court to find out who is behind three hidden video cameras he discovered in an apartment he uses in New York.

Tesla will cut 7 per cent of its workforce as it tries to lower prices and break out of the niche-car market to produce an electric vehicle that more people can afford.

NEW YORK — Tiffany & Co. says holiday shoppers and Chinese tourists spent less on its bling.

SYDNEY, N.S. — A Cape Breton call centre that abruptly shut down last month, tossing hundreds of people out of work, has hired back more than 90 per cent of its workforce, offering enhanced benefits and increasing entry-level wages.

Canada's wheat exports to China jumped nearly 200 per cent from January to November 2018 as the Asian country stopped buying from American farmers amid a tariff dispute.

CALGARY — Shares in oilsands producer MEG Energy Corp. continued to slide Friday after a credit rating agency said rival Husky Energy Inc.'s failure to consummate a hostile takeover bid was actually "credit positive" for Husky. After falling 35.

OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board says an onboard fire that forced a WestJet plane to return to the Calgary International Airport soon after takeoff last June was caused by spare e-cigarette lithium-ion batteries that a passenger failed to dec