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☆ Why sneaker prices are at a 40-year high, with one economist comparing them to an 'erratic' EKG
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Footwear prices increased more in 2022 than in any of the previous 40 years. A sneaker economist expects footwear inflation to moderate this year. That goes for sneaker prices, too. Through November, footwear prices were up 4.96% in 12 months, while inflation was running at 7.1%. "It was unlike anything the industry had ever seen before," he told Insider, describing footwear prices the last few years as "suddenly erratic, like an EKG."

Santa Cruz leaders pledge to fight until Camacho is released, picketing government buildings and stopping transport of grains. "We have a mandate from our assembly that nothing leaves Santa Cruz and that is what we are going to do," said Rómulo Calvo, head of the powerful Pro Santa Cruz civic group. Marcelo Cruz, President of the International Heavy Transport Association of Santa Cruz, said routes were being blocked so no trucks could leave the province. "No grain, animal or supply from the factories should leave Santa Cruz for the rest of the country. "Santa Cruz is the economic stronghold of Bolivia," said Gary Rodríguez, General Manager of the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE).

A man was sentenced to life behind bars, with no hope of parole, on Monday for his role in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family whose lives were "cruelly taken" one night in 2016. "How sick and twisted is the Wagner family? "I pray, Judge Deering, that you see the true devil that George Wagner IV really is and make him suffer." Both Wagner brothers and their parents, Angela Wagner and George “Billy” Wagner III, were charged in connection with the slayings. Jake Wagner last year confessed to shooting five of the Rhoden family victims in exchange for the death penalty being removed as a possible punishment.

☆ OPEC's U.S. shale worries subside as it cuts forecast
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Alex Lawler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

On Tuesday, OPEC trimmed its forecast for 2023 growth in U.S. tight oil, another term for shale, to 780,000 barrels per day. The group kept its 2022 forecast unchanged at 590,000 bpd, having steadily cut the figure from 880,000 bpd in July. from OPEC's monthly oil market reportU.S. shale oil drillers over the last two decades helped to turn the United States into the world's largest producer. OPEC+ in October made its biggest output cut since the pandemic took hold in 2020. Rapid growth in shale has previously caused problems for OPEC, as when it helped to create a supply glut during 2014-2016.

An Ohio man accused of helping his family plan, carry out and cover up the killing of eight members of another family was found guilty of murder Wednesday. Both Wagner brothers as well as their parents, Angela Wagner and George “Billy” Wagner III, were charged in the killings. Angela Wagner pleaded guilty to a role in helping to plan the killings in exchange for a 30-year sentence. Edward "Jake" Wagner speaks to an attorney at the Pike County Courthouse in Waverly, Ohio, on Nov. 27, 2018. Jake Wagner said his brother froze and did not fire, leading Jake to kill the man himself, according to WLWT.

Oil prices climbed past $100 a barrel after Russia, the world's largest exporter of crude and fuels, invaded Ukraine in February. But prices have come off their peaks by nearly 40% amid fears that an economic slowdown would weaken demand. That's the elephant in the room," Fereidun Fesharaki, founder and chairman of energy consultancy FGE, told Reuters on the sidelines of the conference, as bans on Russian oil loom. But when we get to Dec. 5, if Russian oil gets shut in, prices will be $120 or more." Such a move would add to global supplies and depress fuel prices but could support China's crude demand.

☆ Cel mai mare criminal în serie din istoria SUA a murit de bătrânețe; Cine a fost și câte victime a făcut
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-31 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

El ispășea o condamnare pe viață pentru uciderea a trei femei, dar, în închisoare, a mărturisit că a ucis 93 de femei, între 1970 și 2005. O cauză oficială a decesului nu a fost încă stabilită, însă autoritățile spun că era bolnav de ceva timp. Little a executat trei condamnări pe viaţă pentru uciderea a trei femei în Los Angeles, în anii 1980, însă a declarat ulterior că a avut, în total, 93 de victime. Mărturisirile au început în 2018, după ce Little a fost intervievat de Texas Ranger James Holland, care căuta informaţii despre o crimă nerezolvată în Odessa, potrivit FBI. Gary Ridgway a fost condamnat pentru 49 de crime şi a mărturisit încă 20.

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