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Legendary Candy Company Killed After 141 Years By Soaring Costs
Legendary Candy Company Killed After 141 Years By Soaring Costs
Soaring expenses for raw materials and labor have delivered a blow to yet another longtime business, claiming Lammes Candies, a family-owned confectioner that has operated in the South for more than a century, FOX 7 Austin reports.
The Austin, Texas,-based company recently announced that it will begin an "orderly wind-down of operations" after 141 years of family ownership, according to a statement posted to its Facebook page.
"This was not an easy decision," the candy company wrote. "Lammes Candies has been more...
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Aug 12, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Tanker Data Contradicts US Claim That Middle East Oil Flows Have Normalized
Tanker Data Contradicts US Claim That Middle East Oil Flows Have Normalized
By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com
Oil flows from the Middle East have normalized, with Sunday traffic alone above pre-conflict averages, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said on Tuesday in a claim that appears not to be backed by ship-tracking data.
On Tuesday, Secretary Wright posted on X that “Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the U.S. military and our gulf allies, the seven-day average for oil leaving the Strait of Hormuz is currently up to almost 9 million barrels...
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Apr 25, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The EU 'Democracy Shield' Is The End Of Freedom In Europe
The EU 'Democracy Shield' Is The End Of Freedom In Europe
Via Remix News,
The year 2026 will go down in the history of European integration as a special moment. The European Union, under the banner of protecting democracy, has begun systematically restricting freedom of speech and real political pluralism. Thus, it embarks on the well-trodden historical paths of every authoritarian regime, resorting to violence and censorship as public support wanes.
A report recently published by the Ordo Iuris Institute leaves no doubt: we are dealing with a project for a profound overhaul of...
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May 29, 2026 / Tyler Durden
France To Reimburse Patients For Anti-Obesity Drugs
France To Reimburse Patients For Anti-Obesity Drugs
Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times,
France is set to begin reimbursing severely obese people for the cost of weight-loss drugs, French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said on May 28.
Wegovy at a pharmacy in London on March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams/Reuters
She said that Paris would subsidize the use of Danish company Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and American pharma giant Eli Lilly's Mounjaro from mid-June.
"I am quite proud, because we are the first country in the European Union to provide reimbursement ... on a...
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