3000 jobs will be cut under bains new ownership. Bain capital ownership, which in addition to these details relating to jobs, we are also expecting to hear about aircraft fleet and the future as well, this after bain bought Virgin Australia in what is a pretty bold that on an industry that has been shattered by the travel restrictions and the coronavirus pandemic. Virgin australia committed to regional and charter flying. Of targetsindication and priorities when they are restructured in addition to 3000 jobs being cut. Also getting data out of australia. Manufacturing pmi, services as well as composite index coming through. Dropping from that preliminary number for july. The composite number of 67. 8 also a little bit weaker. The performance of Construction Index coming in at 42. 7, higher than 39. 5. Lets take a look at the aussie dollar. Largely to do with the situation in victoria. We have that renewed lockdown, stricter stage four restrictions. At this time, later on today and tomo
Some unemployed Marylanders WUSA9 spoke with say they have barely kept their heads above water the past year and a half amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Next month, they'll lose the federal enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits and they're worried. Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday that Maryland would stop paying out the benefits starting July 3, citing positive health and economic recovery. That ends the extra $300 people on unemployment have.
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The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn will be visible this Monday night. That’s when the two planets will appear closest together in the night sky, and it s one of the most highly anticipated astronomical events of the year.
KUNC’s Rae Solomon spoke with Carla Johns, who teaches astronomy at Aims Community College and works at the Fiske planetarium in Boulder, about the conjunction. The following are highlights of their conversation.
Conjunction basics
Johns says to look for Saturn and Jupiter low in the southwest part of the sky. You can tell the two planets apart easily because “Saturn looks significantly dimmer… it s about a billion miles away from us, whereas Jupiter on average is about 500 million miles,” she explains.
For nearly 40 years, the Weld County Triceratops affectionately known as “Pops” has been stuck in an awkward spot for a fossil of its stature. A dinosaur for the people, Pops has been a very public figure, on display behind glass in various county buildings. Yet the most complete horned dinosaur skull ever found in Colorado had never been thoroughly examined by paleontologists, essentially lost to science. Thanks to a new agreement between Weld County leadership and researchers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, that has now changed. Listen • 6:17