TORONTO -- The parent company of small wireless company Mobilicity says its debtholders have approved a plan to sell the company to Telus Corp.

Tough times in the securities business? For shareholders of Toronto-Dominion Bank, not so much, as the bank's results signal that firms that have the ability to do more than finance miners and handle mergers can still bring in a lot of cash.

Canada's privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she's tried naming and shaming some of the world's largest companies into respecting the privacy of Canadians.

Marathon Oil Corp. has called off talks to sell a portion of its stake in a major Alberta oil sands mining operation, adding to a growing list of sales efforts in the sector that have come up dry.

The Nikkei 225 index closed down 7.32pc - or 1,143.28 points - at 14,483.98 - the biggest daily points fall since April 2000, and larger than the drop seen when the country was rocked by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011.