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Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 06 – 09 May 2014: 3-thousand+ jobs lost in Illinois! 1750 jobs gone in Tennessee! Mystery massive layoff in California!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

As a result of the merger with OfficeMax, 400 Office Depot stores will be shutdown across the United States!

Taxsucker Northrop Grumman lost a big Navy bombing range contract, 57 jobs lost.

California: In Irvine, cell phone service provider Verizon shutting down in June, 152 jobs lost!  In Corona, Ireland based legal drugs pusher Actavis laying off two employees in July.  In Menlo Park, software company Intuit laying off seven employees in July.  In Fullerton, Illinois based credit info service TransUnion shutting down in July, 106 jobs lost!  What automotive industry recovery? In San Jose, car dealer Courtesy Chevrolet shutting down in July, 100 jobs lost!  In Los Angeles, Trinity Sports shutting down in July, 135 jobs lost!    In Fort Irwin, taxsucker Northrop Grumman notified state officials that 899 employees will be let go in July!  Golden State Employment Development Department officials report that Northrop Grumman gave no reason for the massive layoff!

Hawaii:  God can’t stop Obama Care from killing 110 home healthcare jobs with Saint Francis Healthcare System!  The hospital system will also shutdown their hospice operation in Oahu.

Illinois: In Bolingbrook, meat processor Quantum Foods lost a major contract.  Company officials told 1100 employees not to come to work!  The company has been losing revenue since 2012.   Accretive Health warned that “restructuring” could kill 170 jobs!  It was revealed that Passages Hospice was forced to shutdown in February, 88 healthcare jobs lost.  The owner was charged with frauding Medicare/Medicaid.  Plastic container maker Graham Packaging warned it will kill 170 jobs starting at the end of the month.  The company is consolidating operations.   The Chicago Tribune reports they’ve obtained a memo from  OfficeMax-Office Depot which states that 1600 Prairie State residents will become unemployed as a result of the recent merger!  Chicago based Jet Magazine announced it will cease paper publications, unknown how many jobs will be affected.

Kansas: Too Big to Jail Bank of America selling off 11 branch offices.

Michigan:  After first announcing (in March) they would not privatize their school bus system, Battle Creek Public Schools privatized their school bus system! 41 jobs affected.   The once Detroit based (now based in Chicago since January) civil engineering firm Lakeshore TolTest now chapter 7 bankrupt busted.

Minnesota: Plymouth based fertilizer maker Mosaic killing 500 jobs across the United States!  It’s blamed on a 43% drop in earnings for their 1st quarter 2014!  Grocery store operator Roundy’s sold off 18 Rainbow grocery stores, 1-thousand jobs affected!  At this point the new owners say they will continue operating the stores, but the names might change.

New York: In Rochester, Eastman Kodak continues its slow burn layoffs, announcing that five more employees will be laid off in July.  In Long Beach, Long Beach Memorial Nursing Home being shutdown and sold off, 372 jobs lost by the end of July!  Buffalo based Center for Transportation Excellence says the loss of a state Medicaid transportation contract will result in 40 people becoming unemployed.   In Long Island, warehouse operator Gwynnie Bee shutting down in July, 96 jobs lost.  In Norwich, First Transit laying off 31 employees in August.  Company officials blame the bad economy.   In NYC, National 42nd St. Realty/LIR Management shutting down their TGI Friday’s Restaurant, Tim Horton’s/KFC Food Court restaurants in August, at least 130 jobs lost!  Company officials blame the bad economy.

North Carolina: In High Point, furniture maker Steelcase shutting down their factory and over the next two years is moving 230 jobs to Mexico!

Ohio: In Cleveland, Champlain Enterprises shutting down their aircraft Maintenance Hanger in July, 177 jobs lost!  After only two years in operations, Believe to Achieve Academy shutting down two schools in June, 63 jobs lost.  Tax collector IRS shutting down their West Chester office on 15 May, 23 jobs affected.

South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, family owned home decor store John Adam Collection shutdown.

Tennessee:  The TVA killing 1750 jobs!  It’s being done through the elimination of 1-thousand vacant positions and forced early retirements.   It’s the biggest layoff in 20 years by the federal government utility provider.

03 – 05 May 2014: “They’re going to miss us when we’re gone.”

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

Business/Economics

Government & Corporate Evil: $6-billion proof ‘Wall Street’ is a scam! Fake company still being traded!

01 August 2014 (23:08 UTC-07 Tango 31 July 2014)/04 Shawwal 1435/10 Mordad 1393/06 Ren-Shen 4712

Ever here of a corporation called Cynk?  That hasn’t stopped investors from putting $6-billion USD into the company.   But wait, the company is fake!

On 11 July 2014 the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority declared an “extraordinary event”, after Cynk stock surged 23-thousand percent over two months!  The Securities and Exchange Commission halted trading of Cynk penny stocks.

Turns out investigations into the company showed it doesn’t exist!  No employees, no revenues, no assets!  Yet, the company reported a $1.5-million loss for 2013.

A man from Belize listed as the CEO of the company denied he was the CEO!

A reporter for Bloomberg went to Belize to find the HQ of Cynk: “I went to the place where it listed its headquarters…..it’s the nicest building in town…the 4th floor where the address is…is an offshore brokerage….the brokerage held Cynk shares for clients.  I don’t know who those clients are…….Don’t buy penny stocks!”-Zeke Faux (can we trust a guy with a last name that means Fake?)

Since Cynk is OTC (Over The Counter, aka Penny Stock), and not traded in the Dow or NASDAQ, it does not have to prove itself to investors.  It’s been reported that even the company’s phone number is fake.

The only reason federal officials looked into the company was the outrageous surge in the stock prices.  If the stock maintained a ‘natural’ price it’s possible they could’ve gone on for a long time taking investor’s money: “The challenge really is that those who engage in stock manipulation are so far ahead of the regulators….it really is a race…it’s only once the manipulation starts…that the agency is able to respond.”-Jacob Frenkel, former SEC

How many other fake corporations are being trading in the stock markets?

Despite the evidence showing Cynk is fake, on 25 July 2014 Cynk was allowed to continue trading!   However the stock price dropped from $21 per share to about one dollar.

Business/Economics, International

MERCOSUR joins BRICS to destroy U.S. Dollar with new Bank of the South!

31 July 2014 (13:51 UTC-07 Tango)/03 Shawwal 1435/09 Mordad 1393/05 Xin-Wei (7th month) 4712

“Central America and the Caribbean also constitute a vital space for economic integration and the political unity of Our America…we need to consolidate regional articulation that allows for integral development, to confront poverty, social exclusion and that is based in solidarity and cooperation.”-MERCOSUR/MERCOSUL statement

On 30 July 2014, MERCOSUR/MERCOSUL voted to implement their U.S. dollar killing Bank of the South (aka South Bank) by the end of this year.

Also, Bolivia became a full member of MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market).  Caribbean, Central America and South American countries are joining together to create a Complementary Economic Zone.

BRICS to destroy U.S. dollar with new Global Bank!

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 03 – 05 May 2014: “They’re going to miss us when we’re gone.” More proof there is no housing recovery! More coal job losses! Carnegie rises from the dead to kill steel jobs! Yep, more ObamaCare healthcare job loses!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Who said internet businesses are making money?  British empire based Future Publishing announced it will layoff employees as part of a restructuring program.  The internet publishing company operates in Australia, United Kingdom and United States.

California: In Oakland, Sutter East Bay Hospital laid off another eight employees.

Illinois: Rockford School District shutting down nine schools, and tearing them down to created “green space”!   It’s not clear why, even a local news source stated “parents expressed extreme curiosity in the district’s plans”.

Indiana: What housing market recovery?  After 56 years Oakbrook Homes shutdown.  The owner said before the 2009 recession he was building 100 homes per year, since then he’s been lucky to build 25 homes per year!   On Ball State University campus, Hiatt Printing shutdown.  The owner blamed University officials.

Iowa: Genesis Health System laid off 80 employees.   Company executives even cut their own pay.  Yes, they blame Obama Care: “We agree that health systems across the country are facing increasing challenges from changes in reimbursement levels…”

Kentucky: Northern Kentucky University laying off 20 employees for the upcoming school year.   It’s blamed on “financial challenges”.

Maine: University of Southern Maine shutdown Dickey Wood Hall.  It’s blamed on disappearing students.  The Hall was designed to accommodate 360 students, but this past spring there were only 40 living in the dorm!  In Gardiner, Too Big to Jail Key Bank shutdown its branch office.  The 139 years old building is being sold off.

Michigan: The Hamburg Historical Museum shutdown.  The operators said they can no longer pay the $20-thousand USD in yearly utility and insurance costs.  In Lapeer, Sears Holdings announced the Kmart will close in July, 56 jobs lost.  In Saline, after 22 years The Drowsy Parrot coffee shop shutdown without notice.  Local news reports said employees were just as shocked as customers.  There was no explanation from the owner, only confirmation via text message (the owner didn’t even have the guts to tell employees in person).

Mississippi: In Jackson, after 68 years elitist golf course Colonial Country Club seized by the banks.  The operators blame the bad economy.

New York: What housing market recovery?  In Garden City, Too Big to Jail JPMorgan Chase killing off 161 mortgage industry jobs in July!

North Carolina:  Raleigh based medical diagnostic company LipoScience laid off 22 employees, due to a lost contract.

Ohio: After 57 years Bargar Jewelry shutdown.

Pennsylvania: In Pittsburgh, U.S. Steel announced it will kill an undisclosed number of jobs across the United States.  Company officials say it’s part of their cost cutting operations called Carnegie Way Initiative.  According to company officials, U.S. Steel has lost money five years in a row!  And coal miner Consol Energy laid off 188 people, despite spending $24-million upgrading operations at its Buchanan Mine!

Tennessee: In Chattanooga, after 63 years Grant’s Auto Glass shutdown.  The owner’s daughter said “They’re going to miss us when we’re gone.”

Texas: In Austin, after 36 years the Tamale House shutdown, the owner died.  The global leader of geosynthetic linings, Houston based GSE Environmental, is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  The bankruptcy does not affect the company’s operations in Chile, Germany, Thailand, China and Egypt.  Company officials say the U.S. bankruptcy is needed to help it “restructure”.  Is that code for massive offshoring of U.S. jobs?  In Fort Worth, taxsucker Bell Helicopter laid off another 325 people!  It’s blamed on crashing orders for the controversial V-22 Osprey.  Bell Helicopter laid off 115 engineers in March, and more than 300 employees in 2013!  In Georgetown, health clinic operator Lone Star Circle of Care laid off 65 employees.  Company officials would not elaborate as to why.  The CEO also quit.  The company provides services to underinsured people, so maybe Obama Care is to blame.  The company relies on donations to operate.

Virginia: In Fairfax County, dry cleaner Max Cleaners shutdown without notice, and locked up all their customers clothing in the stores!  Turns out the store owner was evicted by the property owner after legal battles.

Wisconsin:  In Berlin, the Grede Foundry laying off 77 employees in July.  Company officials blame the bad economy for crashing sales.

01 – 02 May 2014: “a kick in the gut!”

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

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

Food Crisis: USDA Emergency declared for Idaho cattle!

30 July 2014 (00:19 UTC-07 Tango)/02 Shawwal 1435/08 Mordad 1393/04 Xin-Wei (7th month) 4712

The 13+ years of drought in the U.S. Gem State of Idaho has resulted in the USDA declaring an emergency!

Cattle ranching is the number one agricultural endeavor in idaho, not potato growing!

Cattle ranching is the number one agricultural endeavor in Idaho, not potato growing!

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is calling for emergency haying and grazing of cattle on public lands due to the ongoing drought.

There are some restrictions, but emergency haying will run through the end of August, and emergency grazing will run through September.   The declaration is an attempt to help Idaho ranchers maintain their current stock.

13+ years of drought add up to big ass wildfire season for 2014! 

13 year drought finally finished?

Idaho farmers being done in by drought more than a decade on!

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 01 – 02 May 2014: “a kick in the gut!” No more soft cheese? Successful internet model railroad company deleveraged to death by Too Big to Jail banks! ObamaCare killing 2-thousand+ jobs!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Who said internet businesses are making money?  Internet game provider GameSpy no longer exists, it was killed off by its new owner Glu Mobile.

California: In South Lake Tahoe, Barton Hospital warned of massive layoffs due to Obama Care, is offering employees bribes to voluntarily quit.  Already 42 employees have volunteered to quit in May.  According to local news reports, and no thanks to Obama Care, California’s Medi-Cal system pays the lowest reimbursements of any state in the Union!  In Buena Park, Easy Life Furniture announced they will shutdown in June, 47 jobs lost.  In Fullerton, Metalclad announced they were shutting down in June, 100 jobs lost!  In San Diego, civil engineering company URS warned they will layoff 193 people in June!

Florida: In MacDill Air Force Base, taxsucker Leidos killing 93 jobs.  The company lost their USCENTCOM contract.

Georgia:  Atlanta based CNN (Cable News Network) eliminating or reassigning 50 jobs.  Some employees were told they could stay employed, if they took huge cuts in pay!  In Tybee Island, after six years Doc’s Bar shutdown due to rent issues.

Illinois:  In Rockford, Schnuck Markets killed 163 grocery store jobs!   Schnucks began “restructuring” operations at its two largest stores, and shutdown two smaller stores that were suffering from crashing sales.  In Freeport, health insurance provider MetLife shutdown their office.  An undisclosed number of employees got laid off, while others will be working from home.

Iowa: In Sioux City, after 29 years Hatch Furniture & Flooring shutdown for good.

Michigan:  In Detroit, India based generic legal drugs pusher Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories shutting down their factory, 178 jobs lost in June!  They had 450 employees in 2009.  The company is controlled by India’s Sun Pharma, and has been in trouble with the U.S. FDA for years now (for example: drugs for diabetics had been found contaminated with metal shavings!).

Missouri: As a result of Obama Care, the largest pharmacy benefit management company in the U.S., Saint Louis based Express Scripts, killing 1890 jobs across the country, and shutting down two operations in Texas!  ‘Front End’ pharmacy operations in Florida will also lose 400 jobs!

Nevada: The city of Reno approved the layoff of 35 firefighters.  It’s blamed on the loss of federal funding.  But don’t feel too bad about firefighters, it turns out the average firefighter makes bank off the taxpayers in Reno: “The average pay for the firefighters in this city is $129-thousand.”-Dwight Dortch, city councilman

New Jersey:  In Medford, 7 Deuce Sports fitness center shutting down.  The pro-football player-owner said his football career comes first.

New York: Who said the internet is making money?  E-commerce site Fab killing 60 jobs in June.  In Oneonta, the etc. etc. store shutdown.  In Watertown, Convergys kills more jobs, this time 200 call center employees to go hungry!  Convergys continues to loss contracts.  In NYC, Aéropostale announced it will shutdown 125 children’s P.S. clothing stores across the U.S., hundreds of jobs lost!  Company officials blame it on the changing spending habits of ‘mom shoppers’.  Media company Fuse shutdown, 102 jobs lost!   In Farmingdale, Model Power, a major internet model railroad retailer, is being killed off by Too Big to Jail banks: “After nearly 50 years serving the hobby industry, our 3rd generation family business will be closing effective immediately to the public. We will be reaching out to our clients over the next few weeks to settle any demand needs that they may have.

In 2007, our banks began an aggressive deleveraging process. They no longer approved of a profitable and paying client such as ours, which had been reliant on inventory. This is why one of the industry’s most extensive lines, had begun to see much of its products unavailable on the market. Now it will no longer be seen at all.

During these past 7 years, we had made changes to the business in order to accommodate and adjust to the changing nature of the business relationship with our lenders. We had offered multiple solutions to our lenders in order to ‘fix’ our situation, all were rejected, came with different restrictions, or offered too little too late. In all our efforts, no arrangements by our lenders would allow for Model Power to arrive at a position in which we could get back to fill our customer needs.

We would like to take the time to thank all of those whom we have worked with the past 50 years. To our customers and competitors within the industry, we thank you.

Sincerely,
The Model Power Family”

I’ve been reporting on the deleveraging conspiracy by the Too Big to Jail banks, read the articles and weep: De-leveraging will continue until the economy improves, and that means you!,  it’s called Deleveraging and it’s a sign we’re in a “Terminal Downturn”!, 4,000 people stranded when….airline is suddenly deleveraged, All part of the IMF’s orders to deleverage!, IMF pushes for U.S. consolidation, code for even more drastic deleveraging!

North Carolina: Obama Care more powerful than God, as Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center kills 350 jobs: “At the end of the day the Affordable Care Act is just reforming payments, it’s not really reforming health care!”-John McConnell, CEO

Ohio:  Ashland, maker of Valvoline petroleum products, to kill 800 jobs by the end of this year!  On top of that the company plans to offshore 1-thousand U.S. jobs!  Despite being an oil company, they claim to be losing tens of millions of dollars.   The Cincinnati Enquirer laid off 14 employees.   The newspaper laid off 300 people between 2012 and 2013!

Oklahoma: The city of Tulsa eliminating 216+ jobs!  Most of the jobs have been vacant for awhile.    City officials blame a $14-million USD shortfall on crashing tax revenues.  In Norman, OfficeMax shutting down their call center, 125 jobs lost in June!  Blame the merger with Office Depot.

Oregon: In Portland, after 17 years, Jackpot Records shutting down in June.  The owners claim they aren’t blaming the landlord and city officials, but they really did: “…the rents have gone up over the years and the city we all love and contribute to continues to change in ways that both help and hurt local businesses like Jackpot, these factors really don’t play into this decision as much as they could.”

Vermont: Keurig Green Mountain (aka Green Mountain Coffee) laid off 12 people: “Over the past several months, we have combined our Massachusetts and Vermont-based consumer-facing teams, allowing us to have a single approach to our consumer care. As a result, we expect a reduction in the number of incoming calls the team will handle directly…”

West Virginia: In Saint Albans, Active Sports Complex shutdown.  No official reason was given.   The fitness center had been for sale for the past six years, but nobody wanted to buy it.

Wisconsin: In Denmark, after more than 32 years butter/cheese maker Land-O-Lakes shutting down their soft cheese factory in July, at least 90 jobs lost.   Company officials say soft cheeses are no longer profitable.   An employee who worked there since 1982 called it “a kick in the gut”.

30 April 2014: “…we must act now!”

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

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 30 April 2014: “…we must act now!” ObamaCare wreaks havoc on healthcare system! City officials continue to kill jobs!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: In Los Angeles, Contessa Foods failed to file a proper WARN.  According to state employment officials the food packager notified the state of a massive layoff the day after it killed 239 jobs!  The company shutdown.  In Mountain View, Symantec continues to kill high-tech jobs, this time 12 people will become unemployed in June.  In Stockton, Sodexo warned it will permanently kill 116 jobs in June!  In San Clemente, Boston Scientific warned it will shutdown in June, killing 116 jobs!  In Oakland, Sutter East Bay Hospitals warned they will layoff at least four employees in July.  In Napa, Queen of the Valley Medical Center warned its 1365 employees of massive layoffs, blaming Obama Care.  President and CEO Walt Mickens stated “We must transform the way we provide health care and we must act now!”, while spokeswoman Vanessa deGier explained “There are already billions of reductions in Medicare reimbursements that are programmed as part of the Affordable Care Act. Every single hospital across the county is facing these same cuts!”  In Bakersfield, Kern County officials warned of massive layoffs at Kern Medical Center.   Hospital officials blame Obama Care for causing $30-million USD in losses by preventing people from going to the hospital for treatment: “If there’s not patients to care for, we don’t need to have people on the payroll. These are people who need their job to feed their families, to support their families….”-Russell Judd, CEO

Connecticut: In Torrington, after 30 years The Party Store shutdown. The building was sold off to a church!

Florida: In Boca Raton, after only nine months 101 Cantina bar shutdown.  It’s blamed on constant confrontations between college students and police.

Georgia: In Augusta, Massachusetts based inVentiv Medical Management shutting down in September, at least 50 jobs lost.

Illinois:  Too Big to Jail US Bank shutting down more branch offices.  This time 13 across The Prairie State, blamed on US Bank’s takeover of Charter One Bank.

Indiana: In Greenfield, Irwin Tools shutting down this summer, 80 jobs lost.  The company is forced to consolidate operations to Georgia due to the bad economy.

Kansas: In Leawood, after 25 years Hy-Vee grocery store shutting down in June.  Company officials said the store needed $4-million+ in remodeling but the city council actually passed ruling that forces them to shutdown: “In light of the city of Leawood’s recently passed moratorium on new development along the 135th corridor, it is clear that the current business environment in Leawood is one in which Hy-Vee cannot be successful.  Two attempts to find a solution acceptable to both parties –one that allows us to continue serving our customers with the products, services and amenities that they deserve and expect — have been resisted by city officials.  The first was in May 2013, when we attempted to remodel the store at its current location, and now, our most recent application to build a new store at the corner of 135th Street and Roe Avenue.   Because lack of city support prevents us from providing customers with the best shopping experience we have to offer, we will be closing….”

Kentucky: More business shutdowns for Georgetown, this time crime is being blamed.  Hunting and fishing supply store MK Outdoors shutdown after several burglaries cost the owner more in damages than in stolen merchandise: “They stole about 5-hundred dollars worth of stuff and done somewhere around 35-hundred and 4-thousand dollars in damage to get it!”-Mickey Kelly

Michigan: Pontiac Education Association laid off 63 teachers.  It’s being blamed on the disappearance of 300 students for the upcoming school year!  (and don’t forget the increased benefit costs caused by Obama Care)  Pontiac schools are in so much financial trouble they are now being overseen by Oakland Intermediate School District.

New York:  In Port Jefferson, The Community Program Centers of Long Island shutting down their Head Start program in June.  41 jobs lost.  In Ronkonkoma, The Community Program Centers of Long Island shutting down their Head Start program, 25 jobs lost.  In Westbury, custom metal fabricator John Hassall shutting down in September, 83 jobs lost.   In Binghamton, consultant SOURCECORP BPS shutting down by July, 122 jobs lost!

North Carolina: In Charlotte, Massachusetts based inVentiv Medical Management shutting down in September, at least 50 jobs lost.   In Hudson, Kincaid Furniture shutting down their furniture factory by November, at least 100 jobs lost!  It’s connected to the shutdown of La-Z-Boy.

Washington: In Yakima, the state shutting down a business tax call center, 20 jobs lost.  The state is consolidating operations to just one call center.

Wisconsin: In Milwaukee, India based Infosys laying off 31 IT employees in June.

27 – 29 April 2014: “Unfortunately our last days are ahead…” 

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

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 27 – 29 April 2014: “Unfortunately our last days are ahead…” “…it wouldn’t be prudent for us to continue…” No more MRAPs? Property owners continue killing Mom & Pops! Toyota abandons U.S. car market?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Unconfirmed reports say Germany based Siemens is restructuring its Industry, Energy, Healthcare and Infrastructure & Cities divisions, resulting in 10-thousand job losses around the World, including the United States!   It’s blamed on Siemens’ putting more focus on taking over energy companies.  Unconfirmed reports say one of the energy sector takeovers will cost Siemens almost $1-billion USD.

Arizona: In Tucson, after 55 years Fruit Land Market shutdown.  The property owners kicked out the Market owners, so they could sell the land to speculators.

California: Pasadena Guitars shutdown due to death of owner.  Foothill Ranch based women’s clothing retailer Wet Seal shutting down 17 Wet Seal stores and 31 of its Arden B stores by the middle of 2015, CEO John Goodman blames the bad economy.  In Sunnyvale, electronics maker Supertex revealed it will layoff 15 employees in June.  It could be connected to the takeover by Microchip.    In Simi Valley, real estate management company Genesis Acquisition Management laying off at least four employees.  In San Diego, Trius Therapeutics laying off 27 employees in June.   Germany based pharmaceutical supplier EMD Millipore (aka Merck Millipore) shutting down by July, 110 jobs lost!

Colorado: In Glenwood Springs, after 40 years Anderson’s Clothing shutdown.  The owner said the economy is so bad she wouldn’t even try selling the business: “I just think it would be too difficult for a new business owner to come in and try to keep it going.”-Monica Miller

Florida: In Pinellas Park, after 22 years non-profit Venue Theater shutdown.  The owner blamed it on “A recent downturn of events” such as health problems and the landlord jacking up the rent. In Saint Augustine, Hallmark continues its shutdown by killing off Betsy’s Hallmark Store.

Hawaii: In Maui, after more than 20 years Stella Blues Cafe shutdown.  The restaurant owner stated that his landlord could no longer cut him a break on the rent.

Illinois: In Evergreen Park, after 60 years Snackville Junction shutdown.  The eatery’s signature was delivering your food on model train cars along a railroad track: “Unfortunately our last days are ahead…..We hope that somewhere somehow the Snackville Junction choo-choo will return…”-Facebook posting

Iowa: In Comanche, Russia owned pipe maker TMK IPSCO (Interprovincial Steel and Pipe Corp) warned of job losses due to competition from nine other countries!  TMK officials said they were engaged in major legal battles with those competitors.

Kentucky: Georgetown College laying off an undisclosed number of employees and eliminating French, German, Computer Science, and Music majors.  They say it’s part of their two year “strategic” plan to adjust to Obama Care, which makes drastic changes to employee retirement and health insurance benefits.  What automotive industry recovery?   Toyota abandoning Erlanger, eliminating or transferring 1600 jobs!  Toyota is consolidating operations across the U.S.

Missouri: In Columbus, God refuses to stop the shutdown of Lemstone Parable Christian Store: “Sales in Christian retail, not only in our store but in the majority of stores, have continued to decline over the past several years.  Our lease is up this year, and it wouldn’t be prudent for us to continue to operate.”-Bob Perry, owner

Montana: In Great Falls, after 67 years Sutherland’s Jewelry shutting down in June: “The way the economy is these days, jewelry’s not a necessary item, so it’s been tough these last couple of years, and without my family around its even tougher.”-Derek French, owner

New Mexico: After 79 years, Silver City Daily Press shutdown.  17 jobs lost: “No matter what we would do, the community would not buy the advertising to support a paper.”-Tina Ely, publisher

New York: In Syracuse, Saint Joseph’s hospital laid off more healthcare workers, this time 26.  In Lake Success, healthcare contractor IPRO shutting down in July, due to loss of contract.  146 jobs lost!  In Albany, IPRO shutting down, 25 jobs lost.  In Fairpoint, after 30 years Toy Soldier shutting down in May.  In Blauvelt, Southwire Company warned it is shutting down, 194 jobs lost by the end of September!

Pennsylvania: In Annville, after ten years Mo’s on Main jewelry store shutdown.

Rhode Island: In Westerly, after ten years Other Tiger bookstore shutdown.  It’s blamed on the owner’s health problems.

South Carolina: In Ladson, taxsucker General Dynamics Land Systems eliminating 170 positions at it’s MRAP factory by the end of 2014!  That’s more than half their Ladson employees.  It’s blamed on reduced government spending.  Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar continues its restructuring by shutting down its Fountain Inn factory, 510 jobs lost!

Tennessee: In Bristol, Synalloy shutting down its Bristol Fab operation, 93 jobs lost.  Company officials said the operation was consistently losing money, hinting blame upon the unionized employees.

Texas:  Dallas based wholesale electricity provider Energy Futures now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Company officials blame the price of natural gas and growing competition.

Virginia: Media General (which owns 30 TV stations) eliminated 45 jobs.  It’s blamed on the planned merger with Texas based LIN Media. New York based clothing retailer Juicy Couture expanding its shutdown to Pentagon City.

Washington DC: New York based clothing retailer Juicy Couture expanding its shutdown to Georgetown.

25 – 26 April 2014: “We can’t go any further!”

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

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 25 – 26 April 2014: “We can’t go any further!” No more 131 years old Ladies’ Home Journal! ObamaCare killing more healthcare & education jobs!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

U.S. based OfficeMax/Office Depot shutting down 19 Canadian OfficeMax Grand & Toy stores, at least 160 jobs lost!  One store in Toronto is 132 years old!  OfficeMax took over the Canadian company in 1996, then recently was taken over by Office Depot.  More store closures across Canada and United States are expected to come from the Office Depot/OfficeMax deal.

California: Since last year Alta Bates Summit Medical Center has killed hundreds of jobs in the Golden State, now it’s been revealed  that Obama Care is forcing them to kill off another 358 healthcare jobs in Berkeley and Oakland!  Becker’s Hospital Review ranks Alta Bates in 4th place on their top ten list of healthcare job killing hospital systems.  Sunnyvale based ClearEdge Power now bankrupt busted and will kill at least 39% of its jobs across the United States!

Colorado: In Delta, Dean Foods shutting down their Meadow Gold Milk plant, 38 jobs lost.  It’s blamed on the lost of a major grocery store customer.

Connecticut:  California based ClearEdge Power now bankrupt busted and shutting down their South Windsor operation, 280 jobs lost!  This is after Connecticut officials gave the company $1.4-million USD in taxpayer help!

Illinois: Obama Care forces Social Security disability insurance and Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance processor Allsup to kill 90 jobs.   Kraft Foods announced they are killing 285 jobs!  Most of those jobs will be in-house trucking jobs, which will now be contracted out.

Indiana: What automotive industry recovery? In Kokomo, General Motors (GM) revealed they laid off an undisclosed number of employees at their computer control module factory.

Iowa:  In Beardstown, after more than 30 years IGA (Independent Grocers Alliance) hometown grocery store shutdown, 27 jobs lost: “You know Walmart came to Beardstown about five years ago and the business climate, at least for us, has declined because of that big box store. It’s just deteriorated to the point that it’s not profitable to keep the store open.”-Steve Kremer, owner

Massachusetts: What housing market recovery?  Too Big to Jail mortgage/finance holding company State Street killing 400 U.S. jobs this year (145 just in the Bay State) despite $2.5-billion in revenues!   Despite the billions in revenues investors are not happy and said it wasn’t enough!  State Street laid off 700 Bay Staters last year!

Mississippi:  Chapter 11 bankrupt busted Senderson Plumbing Products laid off 100 employees!  The company is also on the auction block, threatening the remaining 130 employees!

New York:  After 131 years popular magazine Ladies’ Home Journal has been killed off by its Iowa based publisher Meredith Corporation! All editorial staff now unemployed, the final issue is the July issue.  After ten years the Beast Bar shutdown.

North Carolina:  In Gaston, after 42 years Mr. T’s Place restaurant shutting down in May.  The owners are demanding to know when the economic recovery is going to take place!   In Hendersonville, after 18 years Cypress Cellar restaurant shutdown.  The owner said it’s no longer worth the amount of time she puts into the business.

Pennsylvania:  In Hazel Township, after more than 20 years JCPenney shut down.  In Ambler, God refuses to stop the First Presbyterian Church from shutting down their 47 years old Weekday Nursery School (maybe God took them all to Heaven?).  It’s blamed on disappearing students.  Philadelphia School District warned of 1-thousand layoffs in September!  It’s blamed on massive funding cuts and massive insurance cost increases caused by Obama Care.  District officials said the combination causes them to be short $440-million for 2014-15 school year!  They are begging city, county and state officials to raise taxes in order to fund the district’s budget shortfall: “We cannot have another year where we’re cutting. We have to get stable…so we can fight for the future instead of worrying about every single year….We can’t go any further! We’ll be in the mud at the bottom of the hill, and it’s a very steep hill!”-Bill Green, School Reform Commission Chairman

Texas:  The El Paso Independent School District warned it could be killing 172 teaching positions!   It’s blamed on rising insurance costs caused by Obama Care, and the disappearance of 3300 students over the past four years!

Vermont: The Vermont Technical College eliminating six positions due to increased employee insurance costs caused by Obama Care, and three years of disappearing students.

Wisconsin: Rich man’s boat builder Marquis and Carver Yachts killing 53 jobs.  CEO Rob Parmentier says  production is being consolidated due to crappy sales blamed on Old Man Winter, saying it was the “worst winter in North America in 100 years.”  However, it could also be because the company has taken over production of rich man’s VanDutch Marine yachts.

23 – 24 April 2014: “It’s the end of an iconic American brand!”

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

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update, 24 July 2014: Rent still being paid on abandoned properties! Sears security cams used to post pics of women’s boobs! City officials want to kill profit making Kmart store, to build a road!

First there were six, soon they’ll be none!  The last Kmart in Brevard County, Florida, shutting down in September.

Sears surprises Colorado with unexpected shutdown.  Plans were to replace the Fort Collins Sears store and Auto Center with a smaller operation, but that plan has been killed as well.   The fiasco involves Alberta Development Partners, who will be getting $53-million USD in local tax money once it leases out 50% of tenant space in the rebuilt Foothills Mall.  The property developer/speculator admits the economy is so bad they can’t get the required 50% of available space leased out (as of April they were at 17%), so they want the tax money now.

A small Kmart in Madisonville, Kentucky, shutting down in October.  Many local yokels bemoaning the fact that Walmart is now the only store left in town!

It’s been revealed that the Banning, California, Kmart did not shutdown due to expired lease.  In fact, Sears Holdings is still paying rent for the property, and with 10 five year lease options Sears Holdings remains technically in charge of the property until 2065!  Banning city officials say the situation is making it almost impossible to find a new tenant for the property.

The city of Minneapolis wants to shutdown a successful 30 years old Kmart store.  Sears Holdings wants it kept open because it makes huge profits.  The city wants to tear down the store to make way for a new road (they claim they’ll be re-opening an old road that existed before the Kmart was built)!  City officials are pushing the New York based property owner to kick out Kmart.  There are other retail operations on the successful property that could be shutdown as well.

And now for something completely different:  A teenaged loss prevention employee, at a Sears store, was fired for using in-store security cams to capture zoomed in pics of women breastfeeding their infants, then posting them to his now deleted Twitter account.  Seems he had a lot of time on his hands keeping that Sears store safe.

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost), Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart, Northport Kmart (68 jobs lost).

Delaware: Dover Kmart (at least 72 jobs lost, some reports said 100), Seaford Sears (30 jobs lost).

California: El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (more than 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 jobs lost) recently revealed that Sears Holdings is still paying rent on the abandoned property, Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears (jobs lost unknown), Hesperia Kmart building sold at a loss to a vulture capitalist REIT.

Colorado: Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost), Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost), recently revealed Fort Collins Sears (67 jobs lost).

Connecticut: Waterbury Big Kmart.

Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost), Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart, Warner Robins Kmart (77 jobs lost).

Guam: Sears Hometown Store.

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost),  Winter Haven Kmart (92 jobs lost), recently revealed Palm Bay Kmart.

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!), Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost), Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost). No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers? On 07 November 2013, GGP sold off the Pine Ridge Mall for a paltry $9 million USD. Across the street, in Pocatello, the property where the Kmart is located has a “pad site available” sign, posted ever since the Kmart bankruptcy. The Kmart building takes up most of the “pad”.

Indiana: Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 jobs lost).

Illinois: Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost?) recently revealed is now a perpetual closing sale Kmart At A Discount store, Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance, Collinsville Kmart (84 jobs lost). 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Iowa: Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost), Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown).

Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!), Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart, recently revealed Madisonville Kmart (39 jobs lost).

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost), Gretna Kmart (94 jobs lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (80 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears (115 jobs lost).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed.

Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Flint Kmart (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost), Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost), Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 jobs lost), Southgate Kmart (155 jobs lost),  Detroit’s Telegraph Road Kmart (115 jobs lost).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost), Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost), Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed), Winona Kmart (67 jobs lost), recently revealed Minneapolis city officials trying to shutdown profit making Nicollet Avenue Kmart, to make way for a new road!

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost), Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials, Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost).

New Jersey: Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart, Dover Kmart (92 jobs lost).

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost), Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost), Tonawanda Sears Appliance and Hardware.

North Carolina: Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost), West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost), High Point Kmart (71 jobs lost), Boone Kmart (41 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost), Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost), Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears at Woodville Mall (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost), Anderson Township Kmart (71 jobs lost),  Brooklyn Kmart (200 jobs lost). Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost), Sand Springs Kmart (52 jobs lost).

Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost), Albany Kmart (64 jobs lost), Portland Sears Homes Services (no notice).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost), Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost), Sanatoga Kmart (jobs lost unknown, but the store was advertising for new hires!), Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost), both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two), Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 jobs lost).

Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin CoolSprings Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 jobs lost).

Texas: Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors.

Utah: Murray Sears (for some reason Mormon controlled news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they’re reporting that the building has just been demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported).

Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Wincester Kmart (91 jobs lost).

Washington: Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost), Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost), Everett Kmart (65 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost).

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost), Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost), Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Ashwaubenon Kmart (80 jobs lost), Shawano Kmart (no job loss info given).

On top of that, Sears Holdings sold stores to General Growth Properties (GGP), of which it has been reported that most of those stores will be closed.

Here’s the list of 11 Sears stores now owned by GGP:

Iowa: Coral Ridge Mall (it’s official the Sears is closing, see above), and Mall of the Bluffs

Texas: The Woodlands Mall (this does not involve the two repair centers being closed by Sears)

Florida: West Oaks Mall

Utah: Fashion Place, and Provo Towne Centre (note the evil British empire way of spelling town & center. Due to a favorable lease agreement the GGP owned Provo Sears will continue to stay open under Sears Holdings management)

Oklahoma: Quail Springs Mall (it’s official, the Sears closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)

Minnesota: Apache Mall (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center (see update above, GGP closing store)