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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed slightly higher on Wall Street after a report showed U.S. shoppers opened their wallets at stores last month by much more than expected. The S&P 500 eked out a gain of 0.3% Wednesday after erasing an early loss.

Barclays PLC, once a major oilsands funder, says it will no longer provide financing to the industry.

TORONTO — A new report says the average listed rent for all property types in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ jumped by 10.7 per cent year-over-year in January, the ninth straight month of double-digit increases. The report from Rentals.

TORONTO — The risks of reputational damage are growing for Indigo Books & Music Inc. as its website remains off-line more than a week after a cyberattack, experts say. The company first announced on Feb.

OTTAWA — The federal government is moving to tighten its policy on bankrolling research with foreign entities that might pose a risk to national security.

Canadian home sales were down 37.1 per cent in January compared with a year earlier, according to new figures from The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). It was the worst January for home sales since 2009.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin's city manager was fired Wednesday in the wake of outrage over a slow and fumbled response to a winter storm power outage that left thousands of people in the Texas capital without electricity for a week or longer.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Oil-dependent Alaska has long sought ways to fatten its coffers and move away from the fiscal whiplash of oil’s boom-and-bust cycles. The newest idea, promoted by Republican Gov.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Magna is announcing it is putting more than $470 million into bolstering its Ontario operations, including an electric vehicle battery enclosure facility northwest of Toronto. The company says the new operation in Brampton, Ont.

TORONTO — Uber Technologies Inc. is introducing a new feature in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ today that gives riders and drivers the ability to record audio of their trips.