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U.S. stock indexes are slightly higher Wednesday morning as technology companies continue to climb.

The Canadian province of British Columbia has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against dozens of pharmaceutical companies, alleging they falsely marketed opioids as less addictive than other pain drugs and helped trigger an overdose crisis that has killed thousands.

The company has already raised prices on its products in some markets to offset the European Union’s 25 percent tariff on American whiskey products.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: PulteGroup Inc., down 11 cents to $28.33 The National Association of Realtors said fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in July.

The grocery chain plans to complete construction on the facility itself by 2022.

The company discontinued sales of rifles and enacted a 21-and-over age limit on all firearm sales after a deadly shooting at a Florida high school left 17 dead last February.

Steady oil prices and the end of strong summer demand should start pushing gasoline prices down.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

The store isn't dead for Home Depot, Kohl's, Best Buy or Target.

The company had predicted that its hunting guns business would be pressurized due to the change in its gun sales policy but said the move also attracted more people to its stores.

Barnes & Noble fired Demos Parneros without severance pay for unspecified violations of company policy.

Major U.S. stock indexes wobbled and finished mostly higher Tuesday, led by technology companies and a handful of retailers.

U.S. stocks are rising Tuesday after setting records over the past few days.

A fire has gutted a landmark Belfast building in a blaze that sent dark smoke billowing over the Northern Ireland capital.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

CEO Philip Krim said he wants the company to be market ready by 2019.

Hundreds of Starbucks employees in Seattle and London will transfer to Nestlé.

Ship-to-store tire program now available nationwide.