National Business

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's June employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.4 per cent (5.2) Employment rate: 62.2 per cent (62.1) Participation rate: 65.7 per cent (65.

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.4 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 8.8 per cent (10.2) _ Prince Edward Island 8.

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 5.4 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

WINNIPEG — Richardson International Ltd, says it has bought Ragleth Ltd., the parent company of Anglia Maltings (Holdings) Ltd. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

NEW YORK (AP) — Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. The app, billed as the text version of Meta's photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries — including the U.

TORONTO — The company that owns the Toronto Star is joining other Canadian media companies in pausing all advertising on Facebook and Instagram.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,810.69, down 293.20): Toronto-Dominion Bank. (TSX:TD). Finance. Down $1.76, or 2.12 per cent, to $81.42 on 15.8 million shares.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The company that operates the ferry between Nova Scotia and eastern Prince Edward Island says the MV Confederation will be out of service until at least next week.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down almost 300 points in a broad-based decline, while U.S. stock markets also fell amid a stronger-than-expected jobs report.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says the cyberattack that affected the company's Petro-Canada retail chain also resulted in the leakage of some customer data.