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TOKYO — The major U.S. stock indexes ended slightly lower Monday as Wall Street looks ahead to updates on inflation and how American consumers are feeling about the economy. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%.

TORONTO — Corporations are under increasing scrutiny for where they stand on the Israel-Hamas conflict as protesters push for peace.

What motivates people to donate to charities or causes they care about is often deeply personal. Donors name relatives or friends who have survived or died from illnesses. They recount tearful conversations with their children.

CALGARY — Baytex Energy Corp. says it has signed a deal to sell some of its Viking assets in southwest Saskatchewan for $153.8 million.

TORONTO — As shoppers crammed into stores across the country on Black Friday, Carrie Baker was busy greeting customers and ringing up purchases at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Goose Holdings Inc.'s store on Saint-Catherine Street West in Montreal.

TORONTO — A wave of layoffs last year, which left thousands of Canadian workers jobless, is continuing this year as recession predictions loom and the tech sector downturn deepens.

OTTAWA — Shopify Inc. says this year's Black Friday sales across its merchants were 22 per cent higher than the year before. The Ottawa-based e-commerce company says businesses using its software made $4.1 billion in sales on Black Friday.

MONTREAL — The Lion Electric Co. says it is cutting 150 jobs or about 10 per cent of its total workforce in a move to reduce costs and improve its ability to reach its profitability objectives.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says it has restarted production at its Terra Nova production, storage and off-loading vessel. The company says the restart comes after finishing work to extend the life of the project.

MONTREAL — The union representing 2,100 flight attendants at Air Transat says workers have voted to approve a strike if they cannot reach a new contract with the airline. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the flight attendants voted 99.