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TORONTO — Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. has made a stock-and-cash offer to buy American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. (AEL) that values the company at US$4.3 billion.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s watchdog said Tuesday that a "combination of negligence and misconduct" enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while he was awaiting trial on sex traffickin

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 3.4 per cent in May, Statistics Canada says.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 3.4 per cent in May, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.7 per cent (3.5) — Prince Edward Island: 0.

TORONTO — Thomson Reuters Corp. has signed a deal to buy Casetext, which uses advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning to build technology for lawyers. It is paying US$650 million in cash for the California-based company.

BERLIN (AP) — A German court found ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler guilty of fraud in connection with the automaker's diesel emissions scandal Tuesday, making him the highest-ranking executive convicted over cars that cheated on emissions tests with the

WASHINGTON — The controversial Line 5 pipeline can keep moving fossil fuels through an Indigenous band's territory in Wisconsin for now, but operations on that property "must cease" on June 16, 2026, a U.S. judge says.

TORONTO — When the global tech community descends on Toronto next week for the Collision conference, there will be chatter about the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, which many predict is poised to disrupt all sectors of the economy, and the wa

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,587.32, up 169.09): TC Energy Corporation. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Up $1.87, or 3.61 per cent, to $53.68 on 15.7 million shares.

TORONTO — Strength in energy stocks helped Canada's main stock index gain more than 100 points on Monday, while U.S. stock markets were in the red. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 169.09 points at 19,587.32.