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CHICAGO — U.S. hog futures rose to their highest price in more than two weeks on Friday on renewed hopes for a trade deal with Beijing and for increased pork sales to China, traders said. China said it will waive import tariffs for some U.S. soybean and pork shipments as the two countries try to […]

SAO PAULO — Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA said in a securities filing late on Friday the company is considering a U.S. listing of its international assets but not a change of its headquarters. The company said it expects to have a capital structure that allows it to compete “on equal footing” with international rivals, adding […]

Kevin Carmichael: The new boss should continue talking to business, but also be open-minded about changing the bank's status quo.

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s incoming central bank head, Miguel Angel Pesce, will need all his guile to navigate the country’s myriad economic challenges: interest rates above 60%, drained foreign reserves, tough fiscal targets and roaring inflation. The low-profile economist, most recently president of provincial Tierra del Fuego bank, has indicated he will seek to shift […]

BUENOS AIRES — Argentine President-elect Alberto Fernandez unveiled his cabinet on Friday evening, laying out his core team days before the center-left leader takes office where he faces a stalled economy, rising debt fears and painful inflation. Fernandez named Martin Guzman as economy minister, who will need to help steer debt restructuring negotiations with international […]

WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ’20 $3.90 higher $454.50; Mar. ’20 $3.70 higher $463.30; May. ’20 $3.00 higher $471.40; Jul. ’20 $2.50 higher $477.50; Nov. ’20 $3.30 higher $479.30; Jan. ’21 $3.60 higher $484.00; Mar. ’21 $3.70 higher $487.00; May. ’21 $3.80 higher $490.10; Jul. ’21 $3.80 higher $494.80; Nov. ’21 […]

BRASILIA — Brazil’s real rallied 1% against the dollar on Friday to its strongest level in almost four weeks, as traders continued to buy back the currency at cheap levels after it slumped to a record low last week. The real’s rally on Friday to a closing level of 4.1455 per dollar took its gains […]

Ortelius Advisor alleges value of shares was suppressed to help bid to take company private.

The Bank of Canada governor will not seek a second term. Jesse Snyder looks back at his legacy.

PARIS — Nuclear power generation in France plunged nearly 11 % year-on-year in November to 29.1 terawatt hour (TWh) state-controlled utility EDF said on Friday, citing a high volume of reactor outages. Total output since the start of the year was at 346.5 TWh, down 2.2% compared with the same period last year, the company […]

LONDON — Like the rest of the U.S. economy, the labor market is split between sluggish manufacturing and a much stronger services sector, but both appear to have averted falling into recession at the end of the third quarter. Nonfarm employment was up by 1.46% in the three months between September and November compared with […]

MILAN — A Milan judge could wait until early next year before deciding on Vivendi’s request to suspend a corporate reorganization at Italian broadcaster Mediaset, two legal sources said after a closed-door hearing on Friday. Controlled by the family of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Mediaset is pursuing a plan to create a pan-European TV […]

Industrial conglomerate 3M Co is exploring a sale of its drug delivery systems unit, which could fetch around $1 billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The company is currently working with an adviser to run an auction process for the business, the report said, adding that the business […]

The board has begun a search to select the next Governor of the Bank.

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee urged Uber Technologies Inc to take action after the company disclosed Thursday it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault related to its 1.3 billion rides in the United States last year.

Unemployment rate jumps the most since 2009 to 5.9%

BOSTON/BENGALURU — U.S. Treasury yields jumped on Friday after the Labor Department reported job growth rose by the most in 10 months in November. The benchmark 10-year yield was 5.7 basis points higher at 1.852 in morning trading, reflecting increased investor appetite for risk. Analysts said the jobs report showed an underlying strength in the […]

U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday, after data showed domestic job growth increased by the most in 10 months in November, adding to an upbeat mood after President Donald Trump said the trade talks with China were “moving right along.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 161.89 points, or 0.58%, at the open to 27,839.68. […]

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OTTAWA — The Canadian job market lost a surprise 71,200 net positions in November while the unemployment rate rose to 5.9%, the highest in more than a year, data showed on Friday, as analysts said a repeat of the weak numbers could force the Bank of Canada to rethink its monetary policy.

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