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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rallying in early trading on Wall Street on hopes for more help for banks from the U.S. government. Even the banks most beaten down by the industry’s crisis, like First Republic, were higher.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster, with the aim of getting the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone in eight to 10 months, U.

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 5.2 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 5.2 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 5.4 per cent (5.5) — Prince Edward Island: 6.

OTTAWA — The annual pace of inflation cooled in February as it posted its largest deceleration since April 2020. Statistics Canada said Tuesday its consumer price index in February was up 5.2 per cent compared with a year earlier.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's finance minister is scheduled to table a provincial budget today as the government grapples with problems in health care and housing and the effects of a population surge. Last year, the budget featured $11.

TORONTO — Nordstrom is expected to begin liquidating its stores across Canada today. The start of the department store chain's closing sale comes a day after the U.S.

PARIS (AP) — Parliament adopted a divisive pension bill Monday raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64, after lawmakers in the lower chamber rejected two no-confidence votes against the government.

MONTREAL — CN Rail and Unifor say they have reached new tentative collective agreements for around 3,000 workers across Canada.