National Business

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays clinching home field advantage for the American League wild card series will bring a much-needed boost to local businesses this fall.

Trading in shares of Twitter was halted after the stock spiked on reports that Elon Musk would proceed with his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months of legal battles . Musk offered to buy the San Francisco company at $54.20.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose sharply in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday and clawed back more of the ground they lost in a miserable several weeks. The S&P 500 rose 2.9% as of 12:01 p.m. Eastern.

LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops abandoned a key Ukrainian city so rapidly that they left the bodies of their comrades in the streets, offering more evidence Tuesday of Moscow's latest military defeat as it struggles to hang on to four regions of

HALIFAX — The four daily newspapers owned by the SaltWire Network in Atlantic Canada will soon stop publishing on Mondays, though there will be digital editions. In a story published Tuesday, SaltWire said the change takes effect Oct.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up more than 500 points in a broad-based rally as it regained some of its recent losses, while U.S. stock markets also surged higher in late-morning trading. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 514.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. has announced it will build its first Canadian solar power farm, a $146-million project south of Calgary. The company said Tuesday its Saddlebrook solar project will be located near Aldersyde, Alta.

About a quarter of Canadians are losing confidence in the stock market and are now looking to cash out their investments, a new survey has found.

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says September's home sales dropped by 46 per cent since last year and 10 per cent from August as interest rate increases cooled buyer sentiment. The B.C.

HSBC Holdings Plc says it is exploring the potential sale of its Canadian business, which it calls "very strong.