National Business

MONTREAL — Grupo Aeromexico is reviewing its partnership with Aimia Inc., the latest problem for the loyalty analytics company which is facing a fight with a group of its shareholders.

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korea's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the first time in three years to shore up growth threatened by a trade dispute with Japan.

SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix's video streaming service suffered a dramatic slowdown in growth during its traditionally sluggish spring season, a drop-off coming as the company boosts its prices and girds for even stiffer competition.

WASHINGTON — Fewer mock commando raids to test nuclear power plants' defences against terrorist attacks. Fewer, smaller government inspections for plant safety issues. Less notice to the public and to state governors when problems arise.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The nation's former major suppliers of lead paint have agreed to pay California's largest cities and counties $305 million to settle a nearly 20-year-old lawsuit, attorneys said Wednesday.

CHICAGO — The grounding of Boeing 737 Max airplanes is making it harder for United Airlines to plan for next year.

LOS ANGELES — The agency overseeing California's legal marijuana market has been overmatched by the job and is struggling to hire sufficient staff and set an overall strategy, an audit found.

TORONTO — Weakness in the industrials and energy sectors pushed Canada's main stock index lower Wednesday despite gold futures hitting a new six-year high. The precious metal pushed the key materials sector up 2.2 per cent.

Instagram says it's expanding a Canadian pilot removing "like" counts from some users' feeds to several more countries.

MONTREAL — The largest private-sector union in the country says Air Canada is employees' best option when it comes to the purchase of Quebec tour operator Transat A.T.