National Business

TORONTO — Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. says it earned US$122 million in its latest quarter from its stake in the asset management business it owns with Brookfield Corp.

TORONTO — Dozens of workers at Ontario's public broadcaster will return to their jobs Monday after voting this weekend to accept a new collective agreement and end a strike that's stretched on for nearly three months.

MONTREAL — Michael Wenger still remembers the patches of blood red and vivid violet that daub the landscape of the Northwest Passage. “People usually think it's ice and glaciers and rocks.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Telecom conference The Canadian Telecom Summit begins on Monday in Toronto.

A breakdown in contract negotiations has prompted plans by Rogers Communication Inc. to lock out nearly 300 former Shaw technicians on Monday after the union issued a 72-hour notice of workers' intent to walk off the job.

VANCOUVER — The cost savings from recent layoffs at Telus Corp. will have a bigger impact on the company’s financial results in the coming quarters, Telus president and CEO Darren Entwistle said.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,824.85, up 198.51 points): Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Energy. Down 17 cents, or 2.73 per cent, to $6.06 on 11.6 million shares.

TORONTO — Markets on both sides of the border ended the week on a sunny note after a pair of reports showed signs of cooling in the job market on both sides of the border, lending optimism to investors looking for certainty.

VANCOUVER — Shares of Vancouver-based mining company First Quantum bounced back 11 per cent Friday after losing nearly half their value this week, following a key reversal by Panamanian lawmakers.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street steamrolled even higher to add more gains to its best week nearly a year. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% Friday. The Dow added 222 points, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.4%.