Business

An agreement has been reached to end an eight-month-old strike by unionized support staff and maintenance workers at the Fredericton International Airport. The union and airport both agreed to work with a federal mediator.

Wanted: A few good recruits for an airline that's seen better days. To replace some of its departing staff, American Airlines will hire 1,500 flight attendants starting next month, with training beginning in January.

U.S. builders started construction on homes in September at the fastest rate since July 2008, a further indication that the housing recovery is strengthening and could help the economy grow.

B.C.'s Seaspan Marine Corp. has gone to Federal Court in an effort to keep shipbuilding contract details confidential - even though Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding dropped its objection to the release of information.

Billionaire Barry Diller's Aereo is broadening availability of its service even as broadcasters challenge the legality of the startup's live television transmissions over the Internet.

He made the right decision, says university business professor

Bruce Power has synchronized its Unit 2 to Ontario's electricity grid, producing power from the unit for the first time in 17 years. The company says final commissioning activities will now be carried out, including safety-system shutdown testing.

Statistics Canada says the number of job vacancies rose in July. The agency says there were 264,000 vacant jobs in the month, up 32,000 from July 2011. There were 5.3 unemployed people for every vacant job in July, down from 6.

A bottle of one of the rarest single-malt scotches in the world is going under the gavel this weekend in Toronto, along with plenty of fine and rare wines. The 55-year-old bottle of Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve is one of only 11 bottles.

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