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FILE — Wildfires burning in northern Quebec, Canada, June 14, 2023. Wildfires are hurting many industries and could strain households across Canada, one of many countries reckoning with the impact of extreme weather. (Renaud Philippe/The New York Times) XNYT0658 XNYT0658

Canada offers lesson in the economic toll of climate change

Wildfires are hurting many industries and could strain households across Canada, one of many countries reckoning with the impact of extreme weather.

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Items available for sale at DJ’s Sportscards in Renton, shot Tuesday, June 27, 2023. The shop, which was founded in 1988, did well during the 2001 All-Star Game and hopes for a repeat in 2023. 224286

Renton memorabilia mecca braces for its second-ever All-Star rush VIEW

Cruises ships docked awaiting passengers at Pier 91 Friday morning in Seattle, Washington on June 23, 2023.

With cruise season in full swing, downtown Seattle reaps benefits

The Gorge Dam, the lowest of three dams owned by the City of Seattle’s hydro facilities in a chain on the Skagit River on January 25, 2023. Last year, the Sauk-Suiattle people launched into the rights-of-nature debate in its lawsuit over the impact of Seattle City Light’s Skagit dams on the salmon that have since time immemorial relied on the free-flowing waters of the river for sustenance.

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Cocoa beans are cooled after coming out of the Roaster at Theo Chocolate in Fremont. Photographed on October 8, 2019. 211724
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Theo Chocolate to close Seattle factory, announces job cuts, merger

FILE – New graduates line up before the start of a community college commencement in East Rutherford, N.J., on May 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Personal Finance

Here’s how to prepare to start paying back your student loans when the pandemic payment freeze ends

A concept Leap Rise aircraft engine at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, Paris, France, on Monday, June 19, 2023. At the Paris Air Show, airlines and leasing companies will place orders, manufacturers will show off civil and military aircraft, and executives will tout new technologies like flying taxis and electric propulsion as the industry pushes toward decarbonization. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg 775992699
Boeing & Aerospace

The new engine design touted to power the successor to Boeing’s 737 MAX VIEW

Mary Marks speaks in a meeting room inside the main building of her Issaquah apartment complex Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Marks, who’s rent has increased 23% in the previous year and a half, noticed that her lease contained an addendum; a waiver baring her from participating in or bringing any class-action lawsuits against her landlords. 224135
Real Estate

Want to sue your landlord? Seattle-area tenants ran into a roadblock

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Striking hotel workers rally outside the Intercontinental Hotel after walking off their job early Sunday, July 2, 2023, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) CADD107 CADD107

Workers strike at major Southern California hotels over pay and benefits VIEW

Maritime Industry

The SC Connector, a freight-hauling vessel owned by Sea-Cargo, sails on the North Sea off Norway in 2021. The ship is equipped with two rotor sails manufactured by Finland-based Norsepower. The 38-yard-high (35-meter-high) rotors spin in the wind and help propel the vessel. It’s an example of new technologies helping the shipping industry reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. (Artur Sylwestrzak / Sea-Cargo via AP).

Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming ‘green corridors’ to fast-track cleaner technologies

Real Estate

With downtown Seattle in the background, single family homes are seen Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 in a King County census tract which includes Riverton-Boulevard Park. The FYIGuy reports: In 2010, just 15% of the people living in this area were born in another country. Census data for 2019 shows that number has jumped to 39%, which is the biggest increase of foreign-born population of any neighborhood in King County. 218309

Homeowners in WA lose more equity than any other state as market cools

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Why FTC’s child privacy push costs Seattle’s biggest employers millions

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A woman uses her phone as she sits on stairs. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The internet’s memory is fading in front of us. Preserve what you can.

Retail

A worker removes inventory from the closed Bartell’s, 1001 Mercer Street. A sign informs customers that photo orders can be picked up at the lower Queen Anne Bartell’s store, 600 1st Ave N. 224307

Rite Aid closes another Bartell Drugs in Seattle amid financial struggles

Agriculture

Flower fans take in the blooms at Tulip Town Tuesday afternoon in Mount Vernon, Washington on April 25, 2023.

Trouble in tulipville: Flower farm duel roils Skagit Valley bloomtown

Amazon

For Alexa to speak like a Dubliner, Amazon researchers had to crack a problem that’s vexed data scientists for years: voice disentanglement. (Shane Cluskey/The New York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY ALEXA IRISH ACCENT BY BERNHARD WARNER FOR JULY 1, 2023. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED.

How Amazon helped Alexa capture the Irish accent

Boeing & Aerospace

A Delta Air Lines jet prepares to land at Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Airline passengers dealing with weather delays could be facing a new source of disruptions this weekend. Wireless providers plan to power up new 5G systems near major airports on Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

After several turbulent days, flight disruptions ease despite worries about 5G signals VIEW

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The final version of the 737 MAX, the MAX 10, takes off from Renton Airport in Renton, WA on its first flight Friday, June 18, 2021.

Complete coverage of Boeing’s 737 MAX »

Microsoft

Moody’s will use Microsoft, OpenAI for research tool to assess risk

The tool will help customers of the credit rating and research firm analyze reams of information needed to make assessments of risk.

Personal Finance

WA Cares paycheck deductions restart this week. Use our calculator to see how much you could pay

After an 18-month delay, premiums for Washington’s fledgling long-term care insurance program are set to return.

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George and Rozann Grunig at their deli Zylberschtein’s Delicatessen and Bakery. MONEY MAKEOVER 223510

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Economy

Raise the Wage Renton organizers announce their campaign to raise the city’s minimum wage at a press conference at the King County Library System Renton branch Jan. 18. (Livey Beha / Raise The Wage Renton Campaign

Renton voters may weigh $19 minimum wage proposal in November election

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Starbucks’ union is small, but organized labor hopes to be venti again

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Raise the Wage Renton organizers announce their campaign to raise the city’s minimum wage at a press conference at the King County Library System Renton branch Jan. 18. (Livey Beha / Raise The Wage Renton Campaign

Renton voters may weigh $19 minimum wage proposal in November election

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Cristobal Valenzuela, co-founder and chief executive officer of Runway, said the company plans to use the funding to conduct additional research into video- and image-generation AI models.

AI video startup Runway raises $141M from Google, Nvidia, Salesforce

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UK mortgage rates spike to highest level since Truss tax plan spooked markets

Homeowners and renters in the U.K. are facing further grim news as mortgage rates hit levels not seen since unfunded tax cuts announced by the government last fall spooked investors.

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