Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.
Alabama: In Birmingham, God refused to stop the Parkway Christian Academy from shutting down. This time it’s blamed on church members not paying their dues, as a result the church has to sell the school!
Arkansas: Arkansas News Bureau laid off five employees, which turn out to be the majority of their seven full time staff!
California: Who said tech jobs are recession proof? Atos IT Solutions laid off three people. Avnet Integrated laid off three people. Loehmann’s killed 160 department store jobs! In Emeryville, troubled Switzerland based legal drugs pusher Novartis killed 167 jobs! In San Diego, legal drugs pusher Optimer Pharmaceuticals laid off 21 employees. The Riverside Dental-Doctor Group killed 162 jobs!
Louisiana: The University of New Orleans killed more jobs. This time 28 people lost their jobs in an effort to save $2-million USD! It’s blamed on disappearing students.
Idaho: In Aberdeen, food and agriculture giant Simplot announced they will kill 309 food processing jobs by April!
Illinois: In Martinsville, Accents unique item store shutdown, apparently after only fours years of business.
Indiana: In Fort Wayne, taxsucking military contractor Exelis Night Vision and Communications Solutions laid off an undisclosed number of employees. The company has killed 800 jobs in the past three years! There is now a For Sale sign on the building. It’s blamed on drastic Department of Defense spending cuts.
Iowa: In Mason City, after 102 years Marshall & Swift dry cleaners shutdown! 50 jobs lost. The family owners did not give a reason, but the property is up for sale.
Kentucky: In Louisville, the Heine Brothers’ Coffee shop shutdown. Company officials said the shop had good business, but it wasn’t good enough to cover the outrageous rent.
Maryland: In Salisbury, after 30 years the Shinn Paint store shutdown.
Massachusetts: In South Deerfield, Yankee Candle Company laid off about 30 salaried employees. It’s actually blamed on their successful and growing internet business!
Michigan: In Franklin, after 30 years Bead Works shutdown.
New York: In NYC, Juicy Couture clothing retailer laying off 21 employees by the end of March. In Copiague, Baumann & Sons Buses warned that they might lose their contract, which would result in 250 jobs being lost! In Coram, Acme Bus warned they might lose their school bus contract, resulting in 334 jobs being lost! In Endicott, employees for IBM revealed that at least 15 people lost their jobs. IBM officials refused to comment to local news media. In Schenectady, health insurance company MVP Health Care killed 100 jobs! It’s blamed on Obama Care: “The health insurance industry is going through a time of unprecedented change, and we need a streamlined and nimble organization to stay ahead of the curve.”-Denise Gonick, President and CEO
North Carolina: All-States Medical Supply blames Obama Care for killing their jobs. Company officials explained that Obama Care cuts government and insurance company reimbursements for their medical supplies by 45%! Medicare audits of their accounting have been increased by 250%!!! Such audits place reimbursements in limbo, company officials say two and a half years worth of reimbursements are now on hold until the backlog of Obama Care audits are completed! CEO Marcus Suess described Obama Care as “suicide” for the medical supply industry!
Ohio: After 27 years, Glenwillow based women’s clothing retailer Dots now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and shutting down! All 360 stores in 28 states to shutdown! 3500 jobs lost!
Oregon: Layoffs continue at the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. When chemical weapons were being destroyed the base employed 830 people. Now there are only 90.
Pennsylvania: In Pittson, Clarcor Air Filtration shutting down, 60 jobs lost. Company officials now say it was an economic mistake to move to Pittson.
Texas: In San Antonio, taxsucker Lockheed Martin laid off 36 employees. It’s blamed on declining orders by the warmongers known as Department of Defense. Over the next two months Boeing killing 600 jobs in San Antonio!
Virginia: The Hope Co. Boutique and Cameo stores shutdown.
27 February 2014: Another big bank says housing market crash coming!
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.
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