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EDMONTON — Alberta Investment Management Corp. says its balanced fund earned a net return of 8.0 per cent for 2023, short of its benchmark return of 9.3 per cent. The investment manager says its public equity investments earned 15.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is opening higher following a three-week losing streak. The S&P 500 was up 0.5% early Monday, coming off its longest weekly losing streak since September.

TORONTO — Descartes Systems Group said it has acquired Aerospace Software Developments in a deal worth about $83 million. Under the transaction, Descartes will pay a total of about 57 million euros for the Dublin-based company.

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MONTREAL — Jay Sorensen flies both business class and economy.

As the federal government touts measures meant to curb the cost of Canadians' cellphone bills, some say there is a disconnect between what consumers are paying and the rhetoric surrounding price declines.

MONTREAL — Unionized workers at an Airbus assembly plant north of Montreal have rejected a contract offer for the third time.

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week.

OTTAWA — Negotiators from 176 countries will gather in downtown Ottawa this week for the fourth round of talks to create a global treaty to eliminate plastic waste in less than 20 years.