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MONTREAL — CGI Inc. reported a second-quarter profit of $419.4 million, up from $372.0 million in the same quarter last year, as its revenue rose nearly 14 per cent. The business and technology consulting firm says its profit amounted to $1.

A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon Wednesday, losing contact moments before touchdown and sending flight controllers scrambling to figure out what happened.

MONTREAL — TFI International Inc. says its net income for the first quarter of 2023 was US$111.9 million, down more than 24 per centfrom US$147.7 million a year earlier. The Montreal-based trucking company says total revenue was US$1.

TORONTO — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it earned US$75 million in the first quarter of 2023, down more than 80 per centfrom $385 million for the same quarter a year earlier.

Consumer confidence dipped again in April as anxiety over a slowing economy and possible recession weighed on American households. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 101.3 in April from 104 in March.

DENVER (AP) — Sitting in front of a hulking red tractor, Democratic Gov.

There are calls to extend this year’s tax deadline amid a federal public service strike that some say is making it hard to file on time, but experts are still urging Canadians to make every effort to file by May 1.

TORONTO — Aecon Group Inc. reported a loss in its first quarter as cost inflation and depressed travel volumes affected results. The construction and infrastructure development company says it had a loss of $9.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,439.87, down 236.87): Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financials. Down 41 cents, or 1.56 per cent, to $25.84 on 9.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than 200 points Tuesday with broad-based losses led by energy, while U.S. markets also fell.