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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are wavering in the early going on Wall Street at the start of a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 edged up 0.2% in the first few minutes of trading Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 99 points, or 0.

Century-old department store Nordstrom has agreed to be acquired and taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group for $6.25 billion, the company said Monday. Nordstrom shareholders will receive $24.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy grew 0.3 per cent in October, helped by strength in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector, following a 0.2 per cent increase in September.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger that would form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales, as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.

Beijia Ge's work duties change on an hourly basis. The Kingston, Ont., resident might be chatting with Chinese students about their secrets and challenges, or helping someone pack a suitcase, or baking cakes with a senior citizen.

Picture this. You're having coffee with your favourite aunt when she casually mentions she'd like to appoint you as her power of attorney. You're caught off guard, but you love your aunt.

OTTAWA — The union representing some 3,000 railworkers says it has reached a new deal with Canadian National Railway Co.

MONTREAL — Social workers on the front lines of homelessness in Montreal say they feel increasingly powerless as more people find themselves forced to live in tents during the winter.

When Dean May's team of cleaners entered the home, dressed head to toe in protective suits, thick green dust covered every surface. "We literally left footprints when we were walking in the house," he recalled.

CALGARY — It’s the holidays, which means for many across the Prairies, there’s no better time to get locked in a dungeon with a dragon. Or smoke out Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with the revolver.