The Global Impact. Since June 2014, a substantial decline in oil prices has occurred, bringing prices of oil down to a five-year low. While the slump in oil prices benefits consumers by increasing their real income and reducing costs of production, it presents a big challenge to the oil-rich economies around the globe that are dependent on high prices of oil.
Jane Bowles: died in Mlaga, Spain, May 4, 1973, age 56. Tennessee Williams was in the New York office of Audrey Wood with Bill Barnes, his new literary agent, when he was shown a letter just received from Paul Bowles in Tangier informing that Jane Bowles had died on May 4, 1973 after a long illness in the Clinica de los Angeles in Mlaga, Spain.
Susan Taylor Dies In Last Mile Of Swim Across English Channel, 'Collapsed Suddenly In The Water'. Jul 16, 2013 10:18 AM By Justin Caba. British charity swimmer Susan Taylor dies in the last mile of her swim across the English Channel. British swimmer Susan Taylor, 34, tragically passed away last Sunday while attempting to swim across the English Channel in order to raise money for charity. Although there is no official word on a cause of death, witnesses said she suddenly collapsed during the last leg of her 21-mile endurance test.