the new ceo kelly 0rtberg has sent a letter to employees urging them to sign the dealfor the to employeesmpany and this is a key test for him, he has only been in thejob for around test for him, he has only been in the job for around one month and he is tasked with turning around the misfortunes of the company and fixing its struggling reputation and it is a toughjob, the shares struggling reputation and it is a tough job, the shares are down some 36% on a year—to—date basis. there are concerns over safety, production, a $60 billion debt problem and a strike would be adding to that financial pain and delays to delivering planes and according to a note from td qiao an, a 50 day strike from boeing would cost boeing around $3 million to $3.5 billion in cash flow. ritika, thank you very much indeed. we will be keeping an eye on that a 50 day strike from boeing would cost boeing around $3 million to $3.5 billion in cash flow. ritika, thank you very much indeed. we will be keeping an eye on that possible strike action at boeing. let's go further afield. to space because as you have been hearing

it is seen as a win for boeing's new ceo kelly 0rtberg, who has been given a mandate to turn the firm canadian retailer alimentation couche—tard says it is still keen to pursue an acquisition of 7—eleven. this comes days after the japanese convenience store chain rejected couche—tard's $38.5 billion bid. 7—eleven�*s owner said the proposal was not in the best interest of its shareholders, as it could spur anti—trust challenges in the us. let's turn to the paralympics which have now drawn to a close. as athletes return home with their medals, some will also be receiving payouts forfinishing on the podium. providing this sort of financial reward is still new — countries like canada for example only began these payments this year. marc—andre fabien, who heads canada's paralympic committee, explains the decision. we will give rewards to the canadian paralympic medalists $15,000 for gold and 10,000 for silver and 5,000 for bronze. and for the first time, here in paris, that canada will reward its paralympian medalists, and i must say in the last few years, it was highly controversial in ca

the vote — which closes at 5pm pacific time — is a key test for new boeing ceo kelly 0rtberg who was giant after a string of safety and quality issues. an aviation consultant john strickland explaned to us earlier. that new boss just sent out an email to the workforce yesterday, imploring them to think carefully about the way they vote today and looking for a more conciliatory relationship with the company. he certainly spent time on the shop floor in the few weeks he's been in place. he's talked about the risks to boeing that a strike would bring in an already challenging financial environment. but the reality is feelings are running high and there's a lot of history in this, which obviously goes back way before him joining the business about a month ago. the company has, over a long period of time, played pretty well hard ball with its workers. it's done things such as reduced pension rights. it's threatened and in some cases moved jobs out of the seattle area to other parts of the us. so we've put that alongside the issue of what the actual pay award might be and some of the fring

what are people saying about kelly 0rtberg so far?in the jobjust over a month mentioned, he has been in the job just over a month at a really critical time for boeing, he has a huge amount of experience in the aerospace actor, what is the feeling about how he is doing? so far so good- _ about how he is doing? so far so good- he _ about how he is doing? so far so good. he came _ about how he is doing? so far so good. he came in - about how he is doing? so far so good. he came in with - about how he is doing? so far| so good. he came in with high recommendation and good appreciation and in the short term he has spent time out on the shop floor, another important psychological factor, he has said he will be based in seattle, not in chicago, not overin seattle, not in chicago, not over in virginia as has been the case of the management of the case of the management of the last two years, i think they divorce between leadership and workforce needs to be resolved, so that is another critical step, resolved, so that is another criticalstep,