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Oct 6 (Reuters) – The Kirishi oil refinery, one of Russia's largest, has halted a crude distillation unit, CDU-6, its most productive unit, following a drone attack and subsequent fire on October 4, with its recovery expected to take about a month, two industry sources said on Monday. The stoppage could lead to a small decline in oil product output, amid a fuel crisis in Russia, which is grappling with a shortage of some popular types of gasoline amid persistent attacks of Ukrainian drones on its energy infrastructure. According to the sources, CDU-6 has a capacity of 8 million metric tons per year, or 160,000 barrels per day, accounting for around 40% of the plant's total processing capacity. They also said that the plant, controlled by Surgutneftegaz , is putting back into operation its other primary unit, which was damaged by drones in mid-September. Surgutneftegaz did not immediately reply to a request for comment. The sources said the plant will work at 70% of its capacity during the CDU-6 maintenance thanks to the involvement of other units, which will exceed its nameplate capacities. According to industry sources, the refinery processed 17.5 million tons of oil in 2024, which amounted to 6.6% of Russia's total oil refining volumes. It produced 2 million tons of gasoline, 7.1 million tons of diesel, 6.1 million tons of fuel oil and 600,000 tons of bitumen last year. (Reporting by Reuters Editing by Tomasz Janowski)

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Oct 6 (Reuters) – IFA HOTELS AND RESORTS: * BOARD APPROVES DEBT SETTLEMENT OFFER BY IFA HOTELS AND RESORTS AT 0.794 FILS PER SHARE Further company coverage:

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Oct 6 (Reuters) – American Express Co: * AMERICAN EXPRESS UNVEILS AMEX ADS TO CONNECT U.S. CARD MEMBERS TO PREMIUM BRANDS Source text: Further company coverage:

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Oct 6 (Reuters) – Chart Industries said on Monday that its shareholders voted to approve the company's acquisition by Baker Hughes. In July, Baker Hughes said it would buy Chart Industries in a $13.6 billion all-cash deal, including debt, topping a previously agreed merger offer that Chart struck with rival Flowserve. Chart said shareholders will receive $210.00 in cash per share of common stock upon completion of the transaction by mid-year 2026. (Reporting by Katha Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)

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DOLLAR/YEN DIPS BELOW 150, LAST AT 149.95, UP 1.7%

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ZELENSKIY SAYS SUPPLIES OF U.S.-PRODUCED WEAPONS TO UKRAINE NOT AFFECTED BY U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

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* Bestsellers include 'Rivals' and 'Riders' * 'Riders' was published in 1985 * 'Rivals' was made into a television series in 2024 * Agent said 'bonkbusters' stood test of time (Adds comment from agent's statement in paragraph 4, Cooper comments in paragraph 7 and 10) By Sarah Young and Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Jilly Cooper, the British author of novels such as "Rivals" and "Riders" whose 1980s bestsellers were a blend of sex, satire and British snobbery, has died aged 88, her agent said in a statement on Monday. Cooper sold 11 million copies of her books in Britain alone. From the mid-1980s, her raunchy novels depicting the romantic adventures of an upper-class set of characters in the fictional county of Rutshire gained increasing commercial success. Last year, "Rivals" found a new generation of fans when it was made into a series for Disney+. Sales of books first published decades before shot up once again, as the themes of adultery and class rivalry thrilled younger audiences. "You wouldn’t expect books categorised as 'bonkbusters' to have so emphatically stood the test of time but Jilly wrote with acuity and insight about all things," Cooper's agent, Felicity Blunt at Curtis Brown, said in the statement. 'FAR LESS BONKING NOW' Born in Essex in 1937, Cooper was a newspaper columnist for the Sunday Times in the 1960s, commenting on marriage, sex and household chores, before she started writing novels in the 1970s. It was not until Riders in 1985 that she had her breakthrough. At the centre of the story was Rupert Campbell-Black, a handsome, ruthless showjumper and womaniser, who lives on his family's manor house in Rutshire. "There’s far less bonking now. People are so serious. I think we need more joy," Cooper said last year. Rutshire was inspired by Gloucestershire, where Cooper moved in the early 1980s. Amongst her social circle in that part of western England was Camilla Parker Bowles, now Queen Camilla, following her marriage to Prince Charles in 2005. Speaking on a podcast last year, Cooper was asked about Camilla's first husband, the army officer Andrew Parker Bowles. "He's been a great friend for a long time… so he's very like Rupert. He's beautiful and blond and stunning," she said, referring to the Rupert Campbell-Black character of her novels. Cooper wrote more than 40 books, many of them produced in a summerhouse at the bottom of her garden while she listened to classical music. She died after a fall on Sunday, her agent's statement said. A dog-lover, she married Leo Cooper, a publisher of military history books, in 1961 and they had two children. He died in 2013. Filming for the sequel to "Rivals" began earlier this year. (Reporting by Sam Tabahriti; writing by Sarah Young, Editing by Kate Holton, Alexandra Hudson and Alex Richardson)

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Oct 6 (Reuters) – Heathrow: * HEATHROW ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH GLOBAL EXCHANGE TO PROVIDE CURRENCY EXCHANGE SERVICES ACROSS ALL FOUR TERMINALS, FROM JAN 2026 Further company coverage: ;))

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Oct 6 (Reuters) – Tesla's sales volume in Germany decreased by 9.4% in September, the German road traffic agency KBA said on Monday, although overall sales of battery electric vehicles rose by 31.9% year on year. KBA said Tesla sold 3,404 cars in Germany in September. The number of Teslas sold in the January-September period dropped 50.3% to 14,845 units compared with the same period last year. By contrast, the total number of newly registered electric vehicles rose 31.9% in September to 45,495 units, KBA added. (Reporting by Simon Ferdinand Eibach and Jesus Calero in Gdansk, editing by Miranda Murray)

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Oct 6 (Reuters) – Sable Offshore Corp: * SABLE OFFSHORE CORP. PROVIDES LEGAL UPDATES * SABLE OFFSHORE CORP – FILES MOTION TO AMEND LAWSUIT AGAINST CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FOR DAMAGES * SABLE OFFSHORE CORP – SEEKS DAMAGES OVER $347 MILLION FOR LAS FLORES PIPELINE SYSTEM DELAY Source text: Further company coverage:

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