Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Reports that AT&T eliminating jobs in its AdWorks operations.

German mega-company Siemens announced 15-thousand global job cuts, including hundreds in the United States!  Company officials are hoping most of the job cuts will come from attrition and employees ‘voluntarily’ quitting! The engineering/tech company is trying to cut $8-billion USD in operating costs.

German owned Sylvania Lighting Services laying off 900 employees in the United States!  It’s not clear if this is on top of the 8-thousand job cuts announced back in July 2013!  The company is “streamlining” ops in the U.S. and Canada.

California: Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market grocery store chain now bankrupt. Company officials said the bankruptcy was necessary for its sale to Tesco.  In San Rafael, Autodesk warned of an undisclosed amount of layoffs.  Semi-truck servicer, Cummins West, shutdown all across the Golden State, at least 304 jobs lost!  In Tracy, Comcast cable laid off 87 people.  In Sunnyvale, tax sucker Lockheed Martin laid off 163 people!  In San Jose, Philips Electronics laid off 72 employees. In San Francisco, Grass Valley shut down, 27 jobs lost.  Berkley Heartlab laid off seven employees across the state.  Tax sucker Dell Service NASA Ames Research laid off 118 people! In Emeryville, addiction treatment center Ernest Gallo laid off another three employees.  Evil British empire private prison operator, G4S, laid off at least 74 employees across the state.  In Fresno, GAF laid off two employees.  In Burlingame, Mills Peninsula Division laid off three people. In Garden Grove, Money Mailer laid off six workers.

Illinois: In Champaign, Better Image Film Labs shut down.  The owners now hate digital cameras.

Indiana: Software maker Ontario Systems laid off 20 employees.  They blame Obama Care.  The company makes billing programs for health care providers, and the Affordable Heath Care law is resulting in reduced demand for their software!  In Huntington, Unilever Ice Cream shutdown, 157 jobs lost!

Kansas: In Hays, after only five months in business Sweet Tooth Candy Store shutdown!  Employees told local news sources that business was good for a couple of months, then it just dried up.

Kentucky: In Lexington, Shorty’s grocery store shutdown.  The manager blamed the bad economy: “We did have a lot of repeat business, a lot of customers that come and see us daily that depend on us. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t enough.”-Jonathan Henderson

Maine: In Bath, tax sucker Bath Iron Works laid off 42 employees. The company laid off people in August 2013. It’s blamed on U.S. Navy contract ‘modifications’.

Massachusetts: In Northampton, after 39 years the Skera Gallery shutdown.  The owner turning to taxi driving, and writing fiction about taxi driving.

Michigan: What automotive industry recovery? French owned Inergy Automotive laid off 104 UAW employees! I could find no explanation why.

New Hampshire: Non-profit SeaCare Health Services announced they are shutting down. They blamed “…the current financial climate for non-profits.”, meaning the bad economy and Obama Care.  In Hooksett, after 126 years iconic Robie’s Country Store shutdown.  The owner burned out and put it up for sale.  In Portsmouth, Hoyt’s Office Products shutdown after 45 years of business.  The family owners blame health problems.

New York: In Warwick, Toy Chest shutdown.  The owner says she doesn’t want to play by manufactures’ rules anymore, saying manufacturers don’t give retailers a choice, and they push bulk purchases in which retailers don’t know what they’re getting.  So much for consumer demand driving industry! In DeWitt, Aspen Athletic Club shutdown.  In Batavia, Present Tense bookstore shutdown. In Buffalo, tax sucker DRS Integrated Defense Systems shutdown, 36 jobs lost.   In New York City, Too Big to Jail DEPFA BANK laid off 32 people.

North Carolina: Video game maker, EA, shutdown its studio in the Old North State.  In Wilmington, after 86 years G. Stein Furniture shutdown.  The family owners blamed competition from “big box” stores, specifically the ability of the big boxes to give customers huge lines of credit.

Pennsylvania: In Bethlehem, Walgreens shutdown their distribution center. 400 jobs lost!  In York, Jim & Nena’s Pizzeria shutdown.  In Pittsburgh, Too Big to Jail Bank of America shutdown an office, 209 jobs lost!

South Carolina: In Charleston, Andolini’s Pizza shutdown after more than 20 years in business.  The landlord refused to renew the lease.

Tennessee: In Chattanooga, Alstom Power Turbomachines laid off 88 employees.

Texas: Across the Lone Star State, Too Big to Jail Bank of America laid off at least 524 people!

Wisconsin: Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar laying off more workers.  This time 115 people rendered unemployed in Milwaukee! This is on top of the 260 people laid off during the summer! Company officials have been complaining about their crashing international sales.