SAO PAULO, March 18 (Reuters) - Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza posted a net profit of 212.2 million reais ($42.24 million) for the fourth quarter on Monday, reversing a loss from a year earlier. The profit compares to a 35.9 million real net loss in the same period a year earlier. ...

(Reuters) - The European Patent Office (EPA) received a record number of patent applications last year, with the biggest share of fillings coming from the United States, Germany, Japan and China, the office's register showed on Tuesday. The office said it received 199,275 applications in 2023, 2.9% more than a year ago. China's Huawei filled the largest number of applications...

March 18 (Reuters) - After winning a $1.7 billion verdict last October over claims that they paid inflated real estate commissions, Missouri-area home sellers on Monday asked for a final judgment of more than $4.7 billion against HomeServices, a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ) that is the sole defendant left in the case. In addition to...

HOUSTON, March 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. must improve its mine permitting process if it hopes to boost domestic supplies of critical minerals to power the clean energy transition, the CEO of copper giant Freeport-McMoRan ( FCX ) said on Monday. The U.S. government needs to stop giving lip service to permitting, Richard Adkerson told Reuters on the sidelines of...