Looks like the Dutch still habs moar to 'get' from Kabul
Royal Dutch AF MMF54 A330 east and should make the left trun into Paki soon from Eindhoven depart earlier today
RG03 US Navy C-2 Greyhound west from carrier depart off Pakiland and heading to Al Udeid AB Doha
morning
U.S. Home-Price Gains Set Another Record, Fueled by Bidding Wars
U.S. home prices once again jumped the most in more than 30 years.
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index of property values nationwide surged 18.6% in June from a year earlier, according to a statement on Tuesday. That followed a 16.8% gain in May and was the 13th straight month that price gains accelerated.
June’s increase was the largest in data going back to 1988 as buyers, armed with cheap mortgages, competed for a tight supply of homes, fueling bidding wars across the country. “The last several months have been extraordinary not only in the level of price gains, but in the consistency of gains across the country,” said Craig Lazzara, global head of index investment strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices. “The strength in the U.S. housing market is being driven in part by reaction to the Covid pandemic, as potential buyers move from urban apartments to suburban homes.”
A measure of prices in 20 U.S. cities climbed 19.1%, beating the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists. The unrelenting price increases have made it hard for buyers to find properties they can afford. Contracts to buy previously owned homes in the U.S. fell unexpectedly for a second straight month in July, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday. Among the 20 cities, Phoenix led the way with a 29.3% gain. Following were San Diego, at 27.1%, and Seattle, at 25%.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/u-s-home-price-gains-set-another-record-fueled-by-bidding-wars-1.1646156
Mister Car Wash sold by Leonard Green and Partners: $205.20m-Aug 26
Secondary and cash out-IPO was on June 25th 2021
Mister Car Wash, Inc. Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Common Stock by Selling Stockholders
https://stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2021/08/24/mister-car-wash-inc-announces-pricing-of-secondary-offering-of-common-stock-by
Mister Car Wash Inc. (Mister) is a car wash company. The Company is engaged in offering express exterior and interior cleaning services to customers in approximately 344 car wash locations in 21 states. Its car wash locations consist of two formats: Express Exterior Locations and Interior Cleaning Locations. Its locations offer express exterior wash packages and have exterior-only lanes. Mister's every wash includes Mister's T3 Cleaning Conditioner, Wheel Cleaner and Dynamic Dry. The Company's additional options within the wash packages include waxes and protectants that are applied during the wash process in the tunnel. The Company's services include Mister's chemistry and application systems: HotShine Carnauba Wax, Repel Shield, Platinum Seal, Wheel Polish, Underbody Wash and Tire Shine. Its Interior cleaning services are added to an express exterior wash and include interior vacuuming, window cleaning, dusting of dashboard and hard surfaces and a hand towel dry of the exterior. Number of employees : 5 600 people.
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISTER-CAR-WASH-INC-124007892/company/
Leonard Green & Partners ("LGP") is an American private equity investment firm founded in 1989 and based in Los Angeles. The firm specializes in private equity investments. LGP has invested in over 95 companies since its inception, including Petco and The Container Store.
Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (“LGP”) is a leading private equity investment firm founded in 1989 and based in Los Angeles with over $50 billion of assets under management. Our firm partners with experienced management teams and often with founders to invest in market-leading companies. Since inception, we have invested in over 100 companies in the form of traditional buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, growth equity, and selective public equity and debt positions. We primarily focus on companies providing services, including consumer, business, and healthcare services, as well as retail, distribution, and industrials. LGP’s eighth flagship fund, Green Equity Investors VIII, L.P., and our dedicated middle market fund, Jade Equity Investors, L.P., were raised in 2019 with commitments totaling $12 billion and $2.75 billion, respectively.
https://www.leonardgreen.com/
https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1531051&tc=7
China Shuts American Chamber Of Commerce In Chengdu
China has ordered an American Chamber of Commerce in the western business hub of Chengdu to cease operations, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing officials with the American business organization.
The chamber notified members on Monday that it had to stop operations and "no longer carry out any activities in the name of the American Chamber of Commerce in Southwest China,” in accordance with China rules and regulations, Reuters said. The statement was seen by Reuters. It didn’t give a specific reason why the chamber it had been instructed to cease operations. China ordered the closure of the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu in July 2020 in apparent retaliation after the Trump administration ordered the shuttering of the Chinese consulate in Houston.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2021/08/31/china-shuts-american-chamber-of-commerce-in-chengdu---reuters/
Sending in the NATO clean-up crews....
SPAR96 USAF G5 NATO AC departed Frankfurt Int'l and heading east over the Med in between Crete and Cyprus at present
SPAR15 USAF C-40B landed at Rome-Ciampino Int'l Airport from Edinburgh, Scotland overnight and depart
Gov. Kathy Hochul Picks Adrienne Harris to Lead New York’s Top Financial Regulator
Obama administration veteran was nominated to lead the state’s Department of Financial Services
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has tapped an Obama administration veteran to be the state’s top financial regulator, officials said Tuesday.
Adrienne Harris was nominated to lead the New York State Department of Financial Services, which oversees insurance companies and state-chartered banks. Ms. Hochul, a Democrat, said the agency’s focus would be consumer protection and ensuring an equitable recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Ms. Harris is now a senior adviser at public-relations firm Brunswick Group in Washington, D.C., where she advises financial institutions, fintech companies, and venture capital firms. She worked as a senior adviser in the U.S. Treasury Department from 2013 to 2015 and then as a special assistant in the White House until 2017. She said in a statement she would use the position “to ensure we have a robust and fair financial system, and an equitable economy.”Ms. Harris’s nomination is subject to confirmation by the New York State Senate.
The DFS was formed by the 2011 merger of the New York State Insurance Department and New York State Banking Department. It regulates around 1,500 banks and other financial groups managing more than $2.6 trillion in assets, as well as nearly 1,800 insurers with assets totaling more than $4.7 trillion.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gov-kathy-hochul-picks-obama-administration-veteran-to-lead-new-yorks-top-financial-regulator-11630420205
Singapore AF SINGA80 A330 MRTT departed from Ramstein after arriving from Al Udeid AB earlier and heading back to the Gulf
Currently along Italy's spine heading se.
So that is two nations-observed (France >>87197 pb and Singapore) dumping evacuated Afghanis at Ramstein from Al Udeid AB in the last 48 hours or so.
Singapore AF has also been to Spangdahlem from Al Udeid on 0827 with a stop at Ramstein prior to that arrival.
That United Airlines 777 that has been going back and forth from Ramstein and Spangdahlem to Dulles is still sitting on the ground at Dulles from it's arrival outta Ramstein yesterday
morning
got deez two nao
AE680A US Navy P-8 Poseiden heading west back to Sigonella AB, Sicily after some low alt werk sout of Cyprus
RAF ZH865 C-130 Hercules heading ne along Syria/Jordan border from Cyprus depart
Caldor fire: Lake Tahoe deserted as Californians evacuate
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the shores of Lake Tahoe in northern California as a major wildfire continues to spread.
The Caldor Fire has already burned more than 191,000 acres, with just 16% of the fire brought under control. More than 3,500 firefighters have been deployed to combat the blaze, which began more than two weeks ago. One hospital has been forced to evacuate, with patients transferred to other facilities in the region. Five people have been injured, while more than 700 properties have been damaged or destroyed, according to authorities. The 22,000 residents of the city of South Lake Tahoe, a popular holiday destination, and surrounding areas were issued with an evacuation order on Monday morning. The US Forest Service has also announced the closure of all Californian national forests from late on Tuesday until 17 September because of the wildfires.
The Caldor Fire is one of seven blazes currently active in California. The largest, the Dixie Fire, has burned more than 800,000 acres since it broke out in mid-July, and is the second-largest in California's history.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58399739
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/
it wasn't stupid shit either..
unsecured debt collection is all based on psychology
"you WANT to fix your credit so let US help you"
Dumbest thing you can do is engage them.
Of course it ruins your score but playing that game is not gonna get you any closer to a solution imo.
Plus they have access to yer accounts if you engage them by playing along wif dere payment plans.
A few years prior I had one that I engaged them wif and they tried to drain the entire account at once.