National Business

TORONTO — H&M will soon test a fee for returns in Europe. Uniqlo Canada already charges one for online returns. So does Miniso's Canadian outposts, which treat most purchases as final sale. Shoppers, it's not your imagination.

TORONTO — The sales slump in the Greater Toronto Area deepened last month with half the number of transactions compared with a year earlier and new listings dropping to a level not seen in more than a decade, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board sa

Canada's top three grocers all posted higher profits this year compared with their average performances over the last five years, new research from Dalhousie University has found.

MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc. is reporting a rise in profits in the third quarter even as revenue slipped compared with the same period a year earlier.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for jobless benefits fell slightly last week with the U.S. job market remaining resilient in the face of rising interest rates and persistent inflation. Unemployment claims for the week ending Oct.

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. reported its third-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as it faced higher costs and its gold production fell compared with the same quarter last year. The gold miner, which keeps its books in U.S.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Not long after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, soldiers broke down the office door of Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov.

TORONTO — A new survey says Canadian employers are concerned about employee burnout and high turnover amid the ongoing labour shortage.

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets tumbled Thursday after the Federal Reserve added to recession fears by saying it wasn't finished raising U.S. interest rates to cool inflation. Hong Kong's benchmark lost 3.1%.

CALGARY — Suncor Inc. says it recorded a net loss of $609 million in the third quarter as it took a writedown of $3.4 billion against its share of the Fort Hills oilsands mine.