HONG KONG (Reuters) -The London Metal Exchange (LME) is exploring the possibility of listing Hong Kong as an LME warehouse location, the chief executive of its owner said on Thursday, as the exchange looks to strengthen its global logistics footprint. Registering warehouses in China, the world's largest consumer of industrial metals, to store metal traded on the LME has been...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -H&M, the world's second-biggest listed fashion retailer, reported on Thursday a smaller-than-expected rise in March-May operating profit and said June sales were expected to fall, making its full-year earnings goal harder to achieve. Operating profit in March through May, the Swedish group's second quarter, was 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($672.5 million) against a year-earlier 4.74 billion and a...

LONDON (Reuters) - The global market for carbon dioxide (CO2) removal credits could reach up to $100 billion a year between 2030 and 2035 from $2.7 billion last year if barriers to its growth are addressed, a report by management consultancy Oliver Wyman said on Thursday. Worsening climate change and inadequate efforts to cut emissions have led U.N. scientists to...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board said early Thursday it is sanctioning Boeing for disclosing non-public details of the ongoing investigation into the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 mid-air emergency. The NTSB said Boeing had blatantly violated the agency's investigative regulations by providing non-public investigative information to the media and speculating about possible causes of the Jan. 5 door-plug blowout. The NTSB...