03:29 PM EDT, 10/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were decreasing late Thursday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) shedding 0.7% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) down 0.5%. In corporate news, Walt Disney ( DIS ) said Thursday it was assessing the impact of Hurricane Milton to prepare for the reopening of...

MEXICO CITY, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Mexico's state-owned Pemex's new oil refinery is processing crude at about 80% of its capacity, the country's president said on Thursday, an amount that marks a big jump from the company's latest official data. The Olmeca refinery located near Mexico's Gulf coast port of Dos Bocas features a 340,000 barrel daily processing capacity, the...

(Reuters) - Russian authorities are set to raise the one-off contribution that foreign companies leaving the country must make to the state treasury to as high as 35% from 15%, the RBC business daily reported on Thursday, citing three unnamed sources and a lawyer. Russia has steadily tightened exit requirements for foreign companies since Western sanctions were imposed over Moscow's...

03:20 PM EDT, 10/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- RIV Capital Inc. ( CNPOF ) (RIV.CN, an acquisition and investment firm with a focus on building a multistate platform, and Cansortium Inc. (CSE: TIUM.U), a vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis company, announced Thursday that they have received New York Cannabis Control Board approval for their previously announced business combination. The business combination is...