National Business

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates, already one of the world's most prominent philanthropists, will now take on the job of publisher. Gates has formed a nonfiction imprint with Flatiron Books, a division of Macmillan.

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the world's first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope that it will spur stalled efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic disease.

TORONTO — Cineworld Group PLC's chief executive was planning to sell off Cineplex Inc.'s RecRoom and signage business in a secret initiative he called "Project Jumanji." The U.K.

OTTAWA — The Conference Board of Canada cut its forecast for economic growth this year after the contraction seen in the second quarter. The think tank said Wednesday it expects real gross domestic product in Canada to grow 5.

The upcoming world premiere at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra of a classical music piece inspired by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would probably have been impossible if not for a bunch of lawyers in the Chicago area, a Long Islan

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Baylis Medical Co. Inc. says it has signed a deal to sell its cardiology business to Boston Scientific Corp. for US$1.75 billion. The company is a developer of medical devices used in cardiology.

BERLIN (AP) — The two parties that emerged as the likely kingmakers in Germany's election last month said Wednesday that they want to hold talks on a possible new government under the leadership of outgoing center-left Social Democrats.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The six-hour outage at Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp was a headache for many casual users but far more serious for the millions of people worldwide who rely on the social media sites to run their businesses or communicate with rela

The corporate developer of a multi-billion-dollar pipeline system that takes natural gas liquids from the Marcellus Shale gas field to an export terminal near Philadelphia was charged criminally on Tuesday after a grand jury concluded that it flouted