Suncor earnings surge as oil demand edges higher + MORE Oct 26th

Suncor said after markets closed that net earnings for the three months ended Sept. 30 were $1.3-billion, or 78 cents per share

Call it a win for “the swamp.”
President Trump and Republicans in Congress handed Wall Street banks a big victory by effectively killing off a politically popular rule that would have allowed consumers to band together to sue their banks.
The 51-50 vote in the Senate, with Vice-President Mike Pence casting the deciding vote, means bank customers will still be subject to what are known as mandatory arbitration clauses. These clauses are buried in the fine print of nearly every checking account, credit card, payday loan, auto loan or other financial services contract and require customers to use arbitration to resolve any dispute with his or her bank. They effectively waive the customer’s right to sue.
The banking industry lobbied hard to roll back a proposed regulation from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have largely restricted mandatory arbitration clauses by 2019. Consumers would have been allowed to sue their bank as a group in a class-action lawsuit…

London hosts the world’s biggest mining companies, but the poor performance of newly listed miners and other small miners trading in London is pushing some to change their plans

Toronto-based company acquires Florida-based Triad Financial Services Inc. for $100-million (U.S.)

Observers cite tough retail environment and the company’s tepid growth targets among the factors leading to the selloff that saw stock dip up as much as 20 per cent