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Boeing workers to vote on authorization of potential strike
Boeing workers to vote on authorization of potential strike
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Tens of thousands of Boeing hourly workers have been called Wednesday for a vote in Seattle expected to authorize a potential labor strike if ongoing contract negotiations stumble. The IAM says the early strike authorization vote will also provide legal notice to union officials to be prepared to administer strike pay to workers if a stoppage is called.

Spain's Aragon, Europe's new cloud storage oasis
Spain's Aragon, Europe's new cloud storage oasis
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The world's biggest technology firms are investing billions in cloud storage facilities in the northeastern Spanish region of Aragon, drawn to its abundance of renewable energy sources. At the end of May, Amazon said it was investing 15.7 billion euros ($17 billion) in the region through its AWS cloud computing division to expand its three existing data centres in Aragon, set up since 2022.

Stockholm tests electric 'flying' ferry
Stockholm tests electric 'flying' ferry
Business and Economy
by  AFP

One metre above the surface, a fully electric ferry is speeding across the waters of Stockholm as a Swedish company prepares to start taking its first regular passengers. The company, Candela, is due to start taking passengers between the island of Ekero and central Stockholm in October -- a busy route that should take 35 minutes with the new ferry, half the time it takes by land.

Climate change risk stirs oil market
Climate change risk stirs oil market
Business and Economy
by  AFP

From forest fires to hurricanes and other natural disasters: climate change risk is increasingly influencing oil prices, just as the world is struggling to shift away from high-polluting fossil fuels. Earlier this year meanwhile, oil market sentiment was jarred in May as forest fires broke out in Canada.