Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Assisted living service provider, Chatsworth PGA, now bankrupt.  The company is in debt by as much as $500-million USD!

Video game maker, Red 5 Studios, announced they will layoff 10% of their employees.

Arizona: In Tucson, Dee’s Shoes shut down after 60 years of business.  The owners said they need to retire.  The oldest shoe store in Tucson offered custom shoe making and was the first to sell wide width shoes.

California: In San Francisco, maker of charging stations for electric cars, Ecotality, now bankrupt.  The company is now being sold off.  In San Bernardino, Herrick (aka San Bernardino Steel) laid off 140 steel workers!  In El Segundo, Raytheon laid off 54 employees.

Florida: Even the sex industry going down because of the bad economy.  FriendFinder internet dating site (which is also the owner of Penthouse adult magazine) now bankrupt. Company officials blame seven straight years of revenue losses!

Idaho: In Wallace, U.S. Silver & Gold mine laid off 130 people!  The company calls itself “…the second largest primary silver producer in the United States.”  Company officials blamed the layoffs on falling silver prices.

Illinois: In Chicago, Vulpes (the owner of gourmet food store Fox & Obel) now bankrupt.  It’s blamed on increased competition resulting in massive debts to food suppliers and unpaid federal taxes.  Anti-violence non-profit, CeaseFire, shut down due to lack of donations.  What automotive industry recovery? In Fairfield maker of fuel pumps for cars, Airtex Products, laid off 240 employees, with little notice!  The unionized workers had just approved a new one year contract.  In Niles, Grainger Industrial Supply shut down, 94 people unemployed.  It’s part of the 2011 announcement of the closing of at least 25 locations across the United States, which is blamed on crashing sales.

Indiana: Community Howard Regional Health laid off at least 50 employees.  It’s blamed on decreased hospital customers, and an expected decrease in federal government payments as a result of Obama Care.

Iowa: In Mason City, River City Bagel store closed down. The owner said his research shows that the economy is not going to recover: “We looked at it long term, whether it was going to work out or not. We decided now is a good time to get out!”-Marcus Lunning

Kentucky: Another coal miner going down.  James River Coal shut down, laying off 525 people!

New Jersey: In Montclair, Aunt Jean’s Toys & Treats shut down. The owner wants to move onto new “…re-inventions of Aunt Jean.”

New York: Israeli based computer graphics and special effects maker, Gravity International Group, now bankrupt.  Gravity has offices in Canada, Connecticut, New York and California.  The U.S. bankruptcy was filed to stop the company from being evicted from its New York office.  They have not been paying their rent.   Patricia Lynch Associates (PLA) laid off at least two employees. PLA is a crony state government lobbying company.

Minnesota: In Kenyon, legal drugs pusher Bergh Pharmacy closed down.  They were bought out by Walgreens.

North Carolina: What housing market recovery? Construction contractor Dutch Barns bankrupt and out-o-business.  A total of 40 jobs lost. An attorney representing the company blames the bad economy.

Oklahoma: The Christian God can’t stop the ‘christian’ natural gas company, Chesapeake Energy, from firing their chaplains and one bee keeper.  The arrogant ‘christian’ company apparently thought of itself as a church and provided chaplains to marry employees!  The firing of their in-house preachers comes a few days after announcing that 2-thousand employees will become unemployed!

Oregon: What automotive industry recovery? In Clackamas, Indiana based Dutchmen Manufacturing shut down their travel trailer and camper factory.  163 people unemployed!  Since 2011, Oregon has lost almost one thousand Recreational Vehicle manufacturing jobs!

Texas: Private police state contractor, U.S. Security Associates, laid off 352 employees throughout the Lone Star State!  It’s blamed on the loss of a major contract.  The Walmart-Laredo Distribution Center shut down. 53 people out-o-work.

Washington: In Seattle, internet music service Rhapsody International cut 15% of its employees.  It’s blamed on declining revenues and a management change.