SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian airline Azul ( AZUL ) on Monday reported fourth-quarter core earnings slightly above market expectations and said it was optimistic about this year, after a challenging 2024 marked by a major debt restructuring. The carrier's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) reached 1.95 billion reais ($340.31 million) in the October-December period, it said,...

07:08 AM EST, 02/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Brown & Brown ( BRO ) said Monday it has appointed Stephen P. Hearn as its chief operating officer and executive vice president. Hearn has stepped down from the board and will join Brown & Brown's ( BRO ) operating committee, the company said. ...

07:03 AM EST, 02/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- National Grid ( NGG ) said Monday it has agreed to sell its onshore renewables business in the US to Brookfield Asset Management ( BAM ) and its partners for an enterprise value of nearly $1.74 billion. The divestment of National Grid Renewables US is part of National Grid's ( NGG ) strategy...

07:03 AM EST, 02/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria ( BBVA ) said Monday that it has raised its target for lending to sustainable businesses to 700 billion euros ($732.9 billion) from 2025 to 2029. The lender said it had set a previous target of 300 billion euros for the period from 2018 to 2025, which it reached...