“We are in a battle with our landlord” “We have to be realistic” : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 20 – 21 April 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns. California: In Auburn, after 20 years The Chocolate Shoppe & Gift Emporium (and art gallery) shutting down by the end of May, the owners want to retire.  In San Francisco, clothier San Franpsycho shutting down their brick-n-mortar store this weekend.  Rent is too high in the Golden Gate city so […]

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 10-12 January 2014. God can’t stop ObamaCare layoffs! Spy ballon layoffs! More government action killing local businesses! More refinery shutdowns!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs. Retail giant, Target, announced it will shutdown eight stores in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Nevada and Tennessee. Turbo engineering company, Concepts NREC, laid off nine employees across several New England states. Alabama: Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital shutdown its labor and delivery unit, directly blaming Obama Care: “There’s a lot […]

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 07-09 September 2013. More Obama Care layoffs! Taxpayers ripped off! Natonal Guard shutting down? More greedy property owners shuttting down businesses!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs. California:  In the largest layoff ever for Contra Costa County, John Muir Health selling all its outpatient laboratories.  More than 700 people could be unemployed by Xmas! Company officials say that in the changing health care environment (brought on in part by Obama Care) they can no longer […]

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 28-31 August 2013. Obama Care shuts down yet another Christian nursing home! More call center closures! Verizon cuts jobs!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs. California: In Emmeryville, the Ernest Gallo addiction clinic laid off three employees. In Santa Clara, high tech company Applied Materials laid off five people.  In San Dimas, Kroger owned Ralph’s grocery store closed down laying off 61 employees.  In Bakersfield, Xerox laid off 69 people.  In Fresno, Too […]

What Economic Recovery? List of U.S. job losses & store closings for 10 – 11 February 2013: Drug maker quietly lays off more employees than officially stated! Project Transform axes thousands of jobs! More schools going down! Tax man shuts down bakery! More Hollywood cuts despite money making movies!

In California, the company behind the computer effects in the movie Life of Pi, now bankrupt!  Rhythm & Hues laid off at least 200 employees!  The company is apparently broke and can’t even pay employees. Schmidt’s Bakery and Delicatessen in Colorado bankrupt. 40 people out-o-work.  Former employees must now deal with state tax officials to […]

Once again people, no glass or styrofoam recycling in southeastern Idaho!

25 February 2013/14 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/07 Esfand 1391 This past weekend, while dropping off recycling at the Chubbuck, Idaho, dumpsters next to City Hall, I noticed they’ve put new signs up: No glass and no styrofoam! Click pics to make bigger Chubbuck officials are so upset about non-recylables being thrown into recycling containers that they […]

What Economic Recovery? List of U.S. job losses & store closings for 16 January 2013. Texas loses hundreds of jobs in one day! No one wants corn fuel! California still losing jobs!

In Texarkana, Texas, 400 people will become unemployed starting in February!   It’s happening at the Red River Army Depot, in anticipation of the 2014 Afghanistan pullout. In El Paso, Texas, electrical switch/outlet maker Leviton Manufacturing closing down.  339 people to be out-o-work!   The New York based company said it’s consolidating manufacturing operations throughout […]

Global Economic War: Europe increases tariffs on Chinese products, again

“A series of actions adopted by the EU this year suggests that tougher trade policies adopted towards China may increase the possibility of trade protectionism.”-Bai Ming, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation Last November, the European Union put together a five year plan to boost European production.  The plan targets China by imposing […]

What Economic Recovery? European Union jacks up import duties by 70%

“We are considering quitting the European market because the import duty is far beyond our ability to withstand.”-Wu Jianfeng, Hongyu Ceramics Chinese media reporting that many small Chinese manufactures are in trouble, because they can no longer afford to send products to Europe. In March the European Union jacked up its import duties on Chinese […]