National Business

SAN FRANCISCO — Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members, Vice-President Mike Pence announced Friday, amid evidence the vessel was the breeding gro

Federal regulators want to fine Boeing $19.68 million for installing sensors that the agency says might not have been compatible with a system pilots use to see instrument readings.

AUSTIN, Texas — The organizers of South By Southwest — which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and some of Hollywood and music's biggest stars — announced Friday they had cancelled the annual arts and technology festival, saying they're “devast

VIENNA — OPEC and key ally Russia failed to agree Friday on a cut to oil production that would have contained the plunge in the price of crude caused by the new coronavirus outbreak's massive disruption to world business.

WASHINGTON — The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of fear on Wall Street may be the bond market, where the moves over the past few weeks have been even more breathtaking.

NEW YORK — A dizzying, brutal week of trading dropped one last round of harrowing swings on investors Friday. After skidding sharply through the day as fear pounded markets, steep drops for stocks and bond yields suddenly eased up in the last hour.

TORONTO — North American stock markets fell to end a volatile week on the impact of OPEC failing to reach a deal to cut oil output along with continued worries about the novel coronavirus outbreak.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange ( 16,175.02, down 378.97 points.) Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Industrials. Down four cents, or 4.17 per cent, to 92 cents on 15.

MONTREAL — The novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the global airline sector, rippling outward to aerospace companies in Canada.

CALGARY — Part of Syncrude Canada's oilsands mining complex in northern Alberta remains out of commission following a fire last Sunday evening.