PARIS, July 31 (Reuters) - Aircraft parts maker Howmet Aerospace ( HWM ) supplies a key component at the centre of recent delays in LEAP jet engine production, the head of one of the engine maker's parent companies said on Wednesday. Supplies of high-pressure turbine blades for the engines were disrupted when the production yield - or proportion of output...

PARIS (Reuters) - French group Veolia said it had agreed to sell its sulfuric acid regeneration business in North America to private equity firm American Industrial Partners for an enterprise value (EV) of $620 million. The disposal of Veolia North America Regeneration Services, which includes its sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid regeneration activities for refineries, forms part of Veolia's strategy...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's third-largest lender by assets, Mizuho Financial Group ( MFG ), reported 17.9% growth in first-quarter profit on Wednesday as the long-awaited end of negative interest rates lifted profit margins on lending. For the April-June quarter, Mizuho reported group net profit of 289 billion yen ($1.89 billion), compared with 245 billion yen in the same period a...

PARIS, July 31 (Reuters) - French group Veolia said it had agreed to sell its sulfuric acid regeneration business in North America to private equity firm American Industrial Partners for an enterprise value (EV) of $620 million. The disposal of Veolia North America Regeneration Services, which includes its sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid regeneration activities for refineries, forms part of...