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CHICAGO — It’s a managerial move that would go unnoticed in, say, mid-July. A rather ordinary decision to pinch hit for a pitcher in a National League ballpark with a runner on third base. The hit, a flare into right field, was in no way sensational, either. But it’s not July, it’s October and there was nothing routine about this ...

HERSHEY, PA.—New Reese’s peanut butter cups and Kit Kat bars helped boost Hershey’s sales, the chocolate company said Friday as it reported that quarterly profit rose 47 per cent and predicted better full-year earnings than it previously expected. Its new products — a Reese’s peanut butter cup stuffed with Reese’s Pieces, and Kit Kat Big Kat — helped increase sales ...

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will finally travel to Brussels on Saturday to sign the Canada-EU free trade deal known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA. The Prime Minister’s Office, which confirmed Trudeau’s off-again, on-again travel plans, says the postponed summit will now take place Sunday. Trudeau had initially expected to sign the deal in Brussels earlier this ...

MONTREAL—TransForce Inc. is expanding its reach in the United States after Canada’s largest trucking firm acquired the North American truckload operations of XPO Logistics for $558 million (U.S.) in cash. The Montreal-based transportation company announced Thursday that the purchase will make TransForce a leading player in the U.S. truckload sector. The XPO division, based in Missouri, is the 19th-largest American ...

It has taken some time for the production to come, but the James van Riemsdyk-Tyler Bozak-Mitch Marner trio has shown some chemistry for the Leafs. Most notable, of course, was producing all three Toronto goals on Thursday in the Maple Leafs’ 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers at the Air Canada Centre. With the big body of van Riemsdyk and ...

Ty Montgomery has put fantasy sites in an interesting dilemma: Is he a WR, a RB or both? The question was brought to the forefront after his solid performance last week as the Packers top rushing option. Coming into the season, he was primarily a WR and therefore carried that designation across fantasy sites, but now the script has flipped. ...

TORONTO - The tribute that Canadian ice dance stars Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir put together in honour of Prince certainly hit the right chord at Skate Canada International on Friday night. Competing in their first Grand Prix event in two seasons, Virtue and Moir brought the Mississauga Hershey Centre crowd to their feet after performing a Prince-inspired short program. Skating to ...

TORONTO — It was the type of game Dwane Casey would love, with the obvious exception of his team being on the losing end of the result. Defence was back in vogue in a big way on Friday night at the ACC as two very good offensive teams turned the screws up on the defensive end in a compelling 94-91 ...

Targeting people with individualized TV commercials using cable or satellite boxes has been promoted as the future of television for at least a decade. But the business, known as addressable TV advertising, has remained on the fringes, usually limited to two minutes of local commercial time an hour on cable shows. Now, AT&T and Time WarnerAT&T and Time Warner are ...

  Tesla Motors Inc. posted an unexpected profit and said it expects to get through the rest of the year without raising cash, easing one concern for investors as the company expands production of electric cars and prepares to acquire money-losing SolarCity Corp. The profit, Tesla’s first in eight quarters, boosted its shares as much as 5.3 per cent in ...