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Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Today, Bombardier announced that it had exited the commercial aviation business. The company sold its remaining stake in the A220 jetliner for nearly $600 million to Airbus (75%) and the Government of Quebec (25%). This comes as the Bombardier continues to reorganize its business in an effort to pay off a multi-billion dollar deficit.
Bombardier is completing its exit from commercial aviation as the plane-and-train maker sells its remaining stake in the A220 jetliner for nearly $600 million.
https://t.co/D1R54twSFE— Global Montreal (@Global_Montreal) February 13, 2020
It’s likely just pocket change for him, but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has purchased Los Angeles’ most expensive residential property. The home, which previously belonged to businessman David Geffen, cost $165 million, but that’s just over 0.1% of Bezos’ net worth. It’d be like a person who makes $60,000 per year spending $75 on a house.
Jeff Bezos bought the most expensive property in LA with an eighth of a percent of his net worth (If you make $60,000 a year, that’s like spending $75 on a house) https://t.co/eKnzd10VEd via @Verge
— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) February 12, 2020
St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester remains in hospital after collapsing on the bench during an NHL game on Tuesday night. The Blues provided an update on his status on Wednesday, saying that he was still undergoing tests to determine the cause of the cardiac episode, but he was recovering very well.
#STLBlues D Jay Bouwmeester is recovering and in good spirits teammates say. He is still undergoing tests to determine what caused the cardiac episode that required a defibrillator to revive Bouwmeester after he lost consciousness. https://t.co/rQ3Q2WGDdx
— DartGuy (@LeafsMaz20) February 12, 2020
A photographer has won a wildlife photography award with a photo he didn’t even take outside. The incredible image shows a pair of mice fighting over food on a platform in London’s underground. It earned Sam Rowley the Wildlife Photographer of the Year LUMIX People’s Choice award.
Congratulations to @bbcstudios Natural History Unit’s @SamRowleyPhoto whose snap of two mice fighting on the London underground has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year LUMIX People's Choice award.https://t.co/o4F7IukJyT pic.twitter.com/UIBDJSciU1
— BBC Studios (@bbcstudios) February 12, 2020
There’s probably no one that’s sad to see it go, but the RompHim is officially dead. The “fashion trend” hit the market in the spring of 2017 and it became a meme of sorts. Despite that, it stayed a viable business for nearly three years. The founders left a notice on the website to inform any remaining customers of the big news and there’s some serious sales going on for their leftover rompers.
y'all
— Nick Andersen (@nicktheandersen) February 12, 2020
it happened pic.twitter.com/uDMh5rvR5N
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