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☆ Taylor Swift and the Kardashians have been ripped for their jet emissions, but celebs and CEOs aren't the only ones flying private
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Celebrities like Taylor Swift are frequently called out for their private jet usage. The average private jet owner is a 50-year-old man working in finance or real estate. Last month, social-media users called out Taylor Swift for her frequent private jet trips (even if some of the flights may not be what they seemed). Stars like Kim Kardashian and Kyle Jenner have also been roasted for years over their private jet usage. Still, despite all the attention and outrage directed at popular female celebrities and their jets, they are not the majority of private jet travelers.

Persons: Taylor Swift, —, it's, Kim Kardashian, Kyle Jenner, Fernando Gonzalez, Chuck Collins, BI's Eliza Relman Organizations: Service, First, Travel Weekly, Business, FAA, Institute for Policy Studies Locations: New York

☆ Mexico's Cemex in talks with banks over $3 bln debt refinancing -BBG
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of Mexican cement maker CEMEX is pictured at it's plant in Monterrey, Mexico June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Mexican cement maker Cemex is in talks to refinance its entire $3 billion credit facility with banks, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing company executives. "We're in current discussions with our banks, because the biggest amount of debt that is maturing is bank debt," Chief Financial Officer Maher Al-Haffar was quoted as saying in an interview. A Cemex spokesperson pointed Reuters to prior earnings calls in which executives had discussed the potential of a refinancing. Last year, ratings agency S&P estimated that in 2023 and 2024, Cemex would face "debt maturities of less than $500 million," noting that the amount was "highly manageable."

Persons: Daniel Becerril, Maher Al, Haffar, Fernando Gonzalez, Fitch, Cemex, Gonzalez, Kylie Madry, Isabel Woodford, Richard Chang Organizations: REUTERS, Bloomberg, Mexico City, Thomson Locations: Monterrey, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexican, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Europe

The promise of job security and work-life balance drew Fernando Gonzalez to become a water operator. But this is the reality of what we have to do in order to conserve water." In 2017, Gonzalez enrolled in community college, took six courses and got certified by the California State Water Resource Control Board to work as a water operator. "I found out the water comes from Northern California, and we don't actually store any water here in the south. Fernando Gonzalez says job security, work-life balance and the ability to work outdoors drew him to becoming a water operator.

☆ Making $70K as a "water cop" in Los Angeles County
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Tasia Jensen | Elham Ataeiazar | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMaking $70K as a "water cop" in Los Angeles CountyFernando Gonzalez, 43, makes $70,000 a year as a water operator based in Calabasas, California, and says he is on track to make close to $100,000 with overtime this year. He is on the frontlines of combatting the historic "megadrought" in the southwestern U.S., and works with customers across parts of Los Angeles County to conserve water in the desert.

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