Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.
Upscale gadget store Brookstone warned of pending bankruptcy. Sales are so bad it also failed to make a $125-million USD interest payment on a loan!
California: The Bellflower Medical Center killed 18 jobs. Software company Adobe Systems killing 71 jobs by March. In Tustin, long term inpatient care center, Newport Specialty Hospital in danger of shutting down. Obama Care cuts funding for long term health care, and it’s being reported that Alta Hospitals System is taking over Newport Specialty, 147 jobs affected! In Fresno, GAF continues to kill jobs, this time six employees let go. In Los Angeles, Investors Business Daily laid off 2 people. In Burbank, NBCUniversal continues to kill jobs, this time 162 jobs lost! In Costa Mesa, Pacific Mercantile Bank laid off 92 employees. In Carson, British empire Australia based asset manager Transfield Services killed 126 jobs!
Colorado: In Fort Collins, The Black Market Tavern shutdown without warning or explanation.
Connecticut: Furniture store Casual Curtains shutdown, without warning or explanation.
Florida: In Saint Petersburg, Netherlands based Transamerica Life Insurance killing at least 70 jobs between now and 2015. In Oakland Park, after 40 years family owned Danish Furniture Center shutdown. Co-owner Andresen Peterson blamed the bad economy saying “It’s not fun anymore….it feels like we are playing catch-up.”
Idaho: In Twin Falls, upscale home decor store Inspired Living shutdown. The owner said she wanted to retire.
Maine: In Portland, the non-profit Health Care for Homeless Clinic shutdown because the Obama regime cut its federal funding! The city run clinic served 2300 people per year! City officials said costs are so high that you can’t run a clinic without federal funding. In Bangor, Robert O Cupcakes Toys shutdown. Turns out the owners made a bad move five years ago, when they switched from a party store to ‘intellectual’ toys: “We were hoping that it would be a viable business, but apparently it’s not.”-Nancy Roe, co-owner
Massachusetts: In Brookline, Jimmy’s Bar & Oven shutting down in March.
Michigan: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Delta Air Lines killing 741 jobs in April! Delta wants to use cheap unreliable contractors in order to save money.
Missouri: What automotive industry recovery? In Saint Joseph, car battery maker Johnson Controls laid off 29 employees. They blame “technology advances”.
Montana: In Missoula, the Food for Thought college town restaurant shutdown. The owner said she’s been trying to sell for the past four years, because she can’t afford necessary upgrades. Students and employees say they were surprised by the shutdown.
New York: After more than 20 years baby store Planet Kids NY shutting down two stores. The company says it can no longer compete. In NYC, insurer American International Group (AIG) warned it could kill 1900 jobs, if the economy doesn’t improve! In Ticonderoga, Inter-Lakes Health laid off 13 healthcare workers and cut 10 full time jobs to part time. Another ten positions will be eliminated through attrition. Officials blamed Obama Care for drastically cutting funding for long term inpatient care, as well as other Obama Care reimbursement cuts: “The cumulative financial impact of these factors has resulted in a significant drop in revenue.”-Chip Holmes, CEO
Nevada: Mitt Romney/Bain Capital connected Toys R Us shut down their warehouse near Reno. As many as 350 jobs affected!
Ohio: German products importer, Krause’s at Findlay Market, shutdown. No reason given.
Pennsylvania: Rubbermaid announced they are shutting down their Pottsville factory by 2015, at least 100 jobs lost!
South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, God refuses to stop his Salvation Army Thrift Store from shutting down. The Major says crashing sales are causing the thrift store to fall behind on debts by an average of $50-thousand per year!
Texas: In Houston, after 37 years the Black Heritage Gallery shutdown, because the new property owner evicted the gallery owner!
13 February 2014: Bilderberger Bill Gates kills power plants!
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013