National Business

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s soaring popularity was even more evident when it came to jersey sales. Ohtani had the best-selling jersey in Major League Baseball this season, the first time a Japanese player finished in the top spot.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose in August, boosted mainly by higher gas prices. But measures of underlying inflation slowed in the latest sign that overall price pressures are still moderating .

NEW YORK (AP) — Password-sharing crackdowns are becoming more and more common in the streaming world today. And Disney Plus is following suit.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. says its Coastal GasLink pipeline project is 98 per cent complete.

OTTAWA — Canadian economic growth was stuck in neutral in July as the manufacturing sector pulled back for a second consecutive month.

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $1.2 billion during the first four months of its fiscal year, compared with a surplus of $6.3 billion during the same period a year earlier.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether state laws that seek to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate the Constitution.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation that has been plaguing Europeans declined sharply in September, strengthening hopes that consumers will eventually get relief from costlier groceries, vacations and haircuts — and that the European Central Bank won

WATERLOO, ONT. — BlackBerry Ltd. says it lost US$42 million in the second quarter of its 2024 fiscal year, compared to a loss of US$54 million in the same period last year. The Waterloo, Ont.-based tech company, which reports its earnings in U.S.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursdayon the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,590.74, up 154.76): Toronto-Dominion Bank (The). (TSX:TD). Finance. Up 73 cents, or 0.90 per cent, to $81.96 on 11.5 million shares.