• Under Armour has announced that they are raising their wages for hourly retail workers in Canada and the United States, which affects over 8,000 jobs
• This increase in wage will be effective June 6 
• The part- and full-time employees who will see a compensation bump represent about 90% of the company’s retail and distribution workforce

• A mature wind sector developed in the U.K. has plans to expand in the coming years 
• Compared to Europe, The U.S. has lacked lately in Renewable energy infrastructure, but major projects are in development 
• In the final phase of a development recently named as “the world’s largest offshore wind farm” is set to use 14 megawatt versions of General Electric’s Renewable energy “Haliade-X” turbines
• Today (Tuesday), GE says that a warranty and service contract has been finalized
• The Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be situated off the coast of northeast England in the North Sea and have a total capacity of 3.6 GW

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday that a laboratory origin of Covid-19 is “one possibility”
• The remarks from the top Biden administration health official came during growing calls to investigate the origins of the virus

• Wednesday, Lumber futures fell for the eighth day in a row and threatened to crash the months-long frenzy that pushed lumber prices to record levels during the pandemic
• July Lumber Futures have fallen about 5% to $1,201 per 1,000 board feet
• More recently, sawmills have been unable to keep up with demand as expectations have been set high

• Service to London Heathrow starts August 11 and to London Gatwick on Sept. 29 from New York’s Kennedy Airport
• Jet blue has made plans to launch service to London for more than two years
• Earlier this year, the carrier unveiled a new Mint business-class cabin
• In regards to the pricing of a round trip ticket on JetBlue, the Mint-class  has recently been posted at $1,968.45 and $618 for economy

• Facebook plants to turn its live online events product into an option called pay-per view for sports leagues broadcasting games 
• This feature is said to help business, including sports companies, and make more money in our world of changing content consumption
• The company believes that high school sports teams and smaller leagues that use this feature will allow users to make money for virtual attendance and keep profits for tickets
• The pay-per-view model isn’t a new concept, as other media networks like Showtime and HBO have used this especially for boxing, wrestling, and MMA

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