09:07 AM EDT, 09/03/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were steady pre-bell Tuesday as the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLP ) was 0.1% lower and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLY ) was recently inactive. Walt Disney ( DIS ) and DirecTV traded blame on Sunday as millions of DirectTV subscribers lost access to...

Blackstone Inc. ( BX ) shares are trading slightly lower premarket Tuesday. On Monday, Blackstone affiliates reached a deal to acquire an 80% stake in the Burstone Group’s Pan-European Logistics (PEL) platform, valued at €1.022 billion (R20 billion). As per the deal, Burstone will retain a 20% co-investment in the PEL platform and will continue to manage the portfolio’s assets....

09:07 AM EDT, 09/03/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Rupert Resources ( RUPRF ) said Tuesday that it achieved exceptional results from metallurgical testwork at the Ikkari project in Finland. Rupert said bulk sample demonstrated 96.4% gold recovery from a head grade of 1.99 grams per tonne (g/t), including a significant gravity recoverable gold component. The company said variability samples returned recoveries...

09:03 AM EDT, 09/03/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Real gross domestic product (GDP) in Canada Friday managed to come in what seems to have been a sturdy 2.1% annual rate in Q2, said Rosenberg Research. That beat the consensus forecast of +1.8% and the Bank of Canada (BoC) estimate of +1.5%. But the good news ended there, stated Rosenberg Research. Here's...