National Business

MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist known for her impromptu multi-billion dollar donations to charities and racial equity causes, announced Tuesday that she has given $2.7 billion to 286 organizations.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start June 21.

ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A worker killed two people and wounded two more at an Alabama fire hydrant factory early Tuesday before killing himself, police said. The gunfire — among the latest in a spate of shootings across the U.S.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The deal the United States and the European Union reached Tuesday to end their long-running dispute over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus will mean the phase-out of billions in punitive tariffs. It will ease trans-Atlantic tensions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Surging output of cars, trucks and auto parts pulled U.S. factory production up 0.9% in May. Adding utilities and mines, overall U.S. industrial production climbed 0.8% in May from April, the Federal Reserve reported Tuesday.

SUDBURY, Ont. — A steelworker's union in Sudbury, Ont. has rejected the latest offer by Vale Canada after going on strike for the first time in over 10 years.

VALCOURT, Que. — BRP Inc. says it will spend up to $350 million to buy back its shares.

A deal between Canada Life Assurance Co. and the owner of the Winnipeg Jets will see the hockey team's home arena renamed to the Canada Life Centre.

A deal between Canada Life Assurance Co. and the owner of the Winnipeg Jets will see the hockey team's home arena renamed to the Canada Life Centre.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices, driven by rising food costs, increased 0.8% in May and by a unprecedented amount over the past year as the U.S. economy emerges from pandemic lockdowns and pushes inflation higher.