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Disney animation and Pixar president Ed Catmull to retire

Disney animation and Pixar president Ed Catmull to retire

LOS ANGELES — Ed Catmull, the president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios since 2006, is retiring next year. The Walt Disney Company says Tuesday that the 73-year-old Pixar co-founder will remain in an advisory role through July 2019.
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Yahoo to pay $50M, other costs for massive security breach

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen as part of the biggest security breach in h
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Americans who don't have a bank account at lowest level ever

NEW YORK — The percentage of Americans who do not have a bank account fell to a record low last year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday, a sign that the economic fortunes of the country's most vulnerable people continues to improve.
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Canadian National Railway CEO 'bullish' despite U.S.-China trade tensions

Canadian National Railway CEO 'bullish' despite U.S.-China trade tensions

MONTREAL — The head of Canada's largest railway dismissed concerns about a looming trade war between China and the United States, stressing flexibility as he pointed to producers that have moved operations out of China to other Pacific countries.
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TSX partially rebounds from weak start as the oil prices dip to two-month low

TSX partially rebounds from weak start as the oil prices dip to two-month low

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index partially rebounded Tuesday after falling to a six-month low in early trading, while oil prices closed at a two-month low.
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Ontario to cap minimum wage at $14 an hour as part of labour reforms rollback

TORONTO — Ontario will cap minimum wage at $14 an hour until fall 2020 as part of a rollback of labour reforms introduced by the previous Liberal regime, the Progressive Conservative government announced Tuesday, drawing praise from businesses and cr
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Stocks mostly recover from an early plunge on Wall Street

Stocks mostly recover from an early plunge on Wall Street

A turbulent day on Wall Street ended Tuesday with stocks climbing nearly all the way out of a steep, broad sell-off that at one point erased more than 500 points from the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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N.S. cap-and-trade system for reducing carbon emissions accepted by Ottawa

N.S. cap-and-trade system for reducing carbon emissions accepted by Ottawa

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's cap-and-trade system has received Ottawa's blessing, with the premier saying his citizens will be better off than they would be under a federal carbon tax.
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Most actively traded companies on the TSX

Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (15,285.17 down 127.53 points ). Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Health care. Down $1.34, or 11.73 per cent, to $10.08 on 75.2 million shares.
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West Fraser Timber third-quarter profit doubles despite lower lumber prices

VANCOUVER — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says its net profit nearly doubled in the third quarter despite lower lumber and panel prices. The Vancouver-based forest products company says it earned $238 million during the three months ended Sept.
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