SAO PAULO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's main stock exchange operator B3 posted on Thursday a 28.7% increase in its fourth-quarter net profit from a year earlier to reach 1.18 billion reais ($207 million). The net profit for the quarter that ended last December closely matched what analysts polled by LSEG expected, or 1.17 billion reais. The stock index operator's...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. refiners are poised to seek alternative sources for heavy, sour crudes, including running more domestic grades, as they await clarity around U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on imports from the nation's top crude suppliers Canada and Mexico, executives said. Running more domestic crude, which is predominantly light, sweet shale oil, through U.S. refineries...

* Marathon Petroleum ( MPC ), HF Sinclair ( DINO ), Delek say could pivot to alternative crudes * Tariffs on Canada, Mexico would boost feedstock cost, squeeze refiner margins further * Majority of US refinery capacity slated to run cheaper heavy Canadian, Mexican crude * Analysts see inland refiners sticking with current heavy crude diet * Switch to lighter...

05:53 PM EST, 02/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Ross Stores ( ROST ) said Thursday William Sheehan is slated to succeed Adam Orvos as the company's chief financial officer on Oct. 1 Orvos will retire on Sept. 30, the company said. Sheehan has been promoted to deputy CFO from senior vice president for finance until he takes on the CFO role....