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Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 05 – 07 April 2014: More U.S. job destruction by British empire! More schools jacking up your taxes in an attempt to survive!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Arizona:  Coconino Community College District killed 15 jobs for the upcoming school year.  This leaves only two full time positions for the college.

California:  In La Jolla, after 62 years iconic Burns Drugs store shutdown.  The store boasts famous customers such as Sol Price, Helen and David Copley, Theodor Geisel (aka Doctor Suess), Niki de Saint Phalle and Jerry Coleman.  The owner said current conditions (Obama Care?) works against the existence of independent drug stores.  In Millbrea, Khol’s department store shutdown, 73 jobs lost.  In Oakland, Sutter Health-Alta Bates Summit Medical Center made more healthcare workers unemployed.

Massachusetts: In Acushnet, after 20 years White’s Family Fun and Sports Center shutdown.  The pissed off owner blames the failed economic recovery: “There’s not enough money being spent in the park when they’re here and I can’t blame them. If you don’t have it, you can’t spend it!”-David White

Mississippi: In Pontotoc, Southern Quality Meats shutting down in June, 110 jobs lost!  Operations are being consolidated to Alabama.

New Jersey:  It turns out the Salem County One-Stop Career Center is a dead end for six employees who got laid off.  It’s blamed on the loss of a community college grant.

New York:  Glens Falls City School District killing 25 jobs, and reducing the hours for ten employees.  The district blames it on declining tax revenues from the state and federal level, and will now push local school taxes/fees to their legal limit.  Peconic Bay Medical Center laid off 12 employees, due to declining revenue caused by Obama Care.  Hospital officials explained that since the implementation of Affordable Care Act their admissions have dropped at least 8%.  This is because Obama Care encourages people not to go to the hospital for care.   Hospital officials did report a slight increase in patient care at their urgent care operations.  In NYC, Rizzoli bookstore shutdown.  It’s being turned into apartments.    After 30 years Shakespeare & Company bookstore shutting down, due to jacked up rent.  In Brooklyn, Hoyt Transportation laying off 118 bus employees!  In Blauvelt, wire and cable maker Southwire revealed they are shutting down by September, 194 jobs will be lost!

Ohio: In Dublin, the new owner of Pacer International will be killing an undisclosed number of jobs later this year.  Pacer International was taken over by Connecticut based XPO Logistics.  XPO warned of massive layoffs.   United Airlines continues killing hundreds of jobs, this time 430 people at the Hopkins International Airport became unemployed!  United Airlines is consolidating operations.  After 85 years Swan Cleaners Laundry & Linen Supply shut down without notice!  It was revealed that the family company was in so much trouble they hadn’t paid the rent on leased equipment since last year, hadn’t paid individual creditors and they hadn’t paid local taxes!  The company has been tangled in multiple legal actions.  The family owners said only “It is with regret that due to several issues beyond our control, we must announce the closing of Swan Cleaners…..” 

Pennsylvania: At least three affiliates of speech therapy company DynaVox now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  The parent company swears they are not bankrupt, just their “non-operating” affiliates.  It sounds like a game being played by Vestar Capital to make elitist investors happy.  The Lehigh Valley Media Group killing 68 jobs later this year.  Who said the internet is stealing away business from brick & mortar stores?  In King of Prussia, British empire United Kingdom based internet services company hibu (formerly known as Yell Group) laid off 100 U.S. employees, that’s according to unnamed inside sources. Company officials said it was “To protect the future of the digital business at a time of continuing decline….”  The unnamed inside source said the jobs were being moved to the Philippines.

Texas: In Grand Prairie, after only three years Alco shutting down their retail store. Alco claims they specialize in operating retail stores in “small markets”, but apparently Grand Praire is too small.
Alco, which has stores in 23 states, says they are holding off on opening anymore stores.  Mmmm, is it because of the not so recovering economy?

Virginia: In Virginia Beach, two hotels shutting down.  The Seaside Hotel and the Sea Gull Inn Oceanfront shutting down at the end of summer.  They’re being torn down and replace with one new hotel.  James River Coal Company now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  In 2013, 500 employees became unemployed: “The coal markets in the U.S. have changed dramatically during the past several years. Some of these changes are cyclical due to continued weakness in the real economy. Other of the changes are more permanent like changes in government environmental regulations, improved methods to produce natural gas, and switching between coal basins by domestic power utilities.”-Peter T. Socha, CEO

Washington: In Kelso, after only nine years Chuck E Cheese pizza place shutdown.  Company officials said it was a “strategic decision”, meaning the economy sucks.  In Seattle, after 25 years Maple Leaf Grill shutting down in May.

Wisconsin: In South Milwaukee, heavy equipment maker Caterpillar laid off 60 employees.  It’s blamed on the accelerating decline in demand for mining equipment.

03 – 04 April 2014: More proof Warren Buffet kills U.S. jobs! 

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. Job Losses & Store Closings 03 – 04 April 2014: Inflation killing Polska? More proof Warren Buffet killing U.S. jobs! False claims of racism killing jobs! More massive education cuts! Drone maker killing jobs! Too Big to Jail banks killing fast food chicken?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Alabama: In Florence, Hillshire Brands shutting down their sausage factory in December, 1100 jobs lost just in time for Xmas! It’s blamed on skyrocketing meat prices.

California:  Taxsucker Boeing laying off another 108 employees in southern California. More tech jobs being killed as Juniper Networks finally reveals it will cull 570 employees this year.  That’s on top of approximately 250 job cuts announced at the end of 2013 ( which was on top of the estimated 450 job cuts in 2012). Jupiter Networks is rumored to be sitting on $3-billion in cash, but the job cuts are being blamed directly on investors who are demanding that the cash be used to increase stock prices!  Officials with Juniper Networks said the new round of layoffs “are among several initiatives”, and implied more were coming.  Los Angeles based Spanish language Univision Radio confirmed it killed dozens of jobs across the United States, but refused to reveal just how many.  Univision is consolidating radio operations to LA, San Antonio, Texas, and Miami, Florida.  In Pomona, Wisconsin based printing company Quad/Graphics laying off 25 employees.  In Corona, Cooper B-Line laying off 51 employees.  In Fresno, GAF continues its slow trickle job destruction, this time three people let go.

Florida: In Gainesville, after more than 60 years musical instrument store Lipham Music shutdown.  At least eight jobs lost.

Georgia: In Savannah, after ten years Paula Deen’s Uncle Bubba’s Seafood & Oyster House shutdown without notice.  It’s blamed on a racism lawsuit brought by a former employee, however, the lawsuit was “dismissed with prejudice and without any award of costs or fees” by the court.  Despite that, being called a racist in the United States is worse than being called a terrorist, so down goes the Deen empire.  Employees of the restaurant found out when they showed up for work and witnessed everything inside the restaurant being taken away.

Idaho: In Boise, Pennsylvania based diesel-electric locomotive maker Motive Power announced it will kill 162 jobs in June!  No official reason was made public.

Kentucky: In Jamestown, Warren Buffet owned Fruit of the Loom underwear shutting down their factory beginning in June.  By the time it’s over more than 600 people will be unemployed!  Fruit of the Loom is proving to be an enemy of U.S. working class, because the factory shutdown is all about moving the jobs to Honduras.  Company officials say moving U.S. jobs offshore is necessary to compete in the ‘global market’.

Maryland:  Taxsucking spy drone maker AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems laid off 24 employees.

Minnesota: Democrat political party raiser of funds Meyer Teleservices shutting down.  The telemarketing company is having trouble paying its debts.

Mississippi: Abner’s Famous Chicken Tenders now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  In 2004 it was named one of the fastest growing businesses in the Magnolia State.  Company officials say sales are not the issue, but necessary daily operating capital from debt financing is being cut off, so they’ve been forced to file bankruptcy by the Too Big to Jail banks.

New Jersey: In Newark, even after getting their unionized employees to fork over millions of dollars last year (under threat of shutting down) the Star-Ledger finally revealed just how many jobs will be culled; 167!

New York: There was a report that Trumansburg Central School District might layoff seven employees.  In Jackson Heights, La Villita Records shutdown.  Reports say sales were so bad that the owner was unable to pay rent or insurance for several months.  The owner must now appear in court. (isn’t this economic recovery just great!?) In Staten Island, IC Coachways/Bus/Escorts laying off 360 bus employees in June!  Gotham Transportation laying off 311 bus employees in Brooklyn and Staten Island!  In NYC, MEE Apparel up for sale, 62 jobs to be lost.  In Pomona, Israel based legal drugs pusher Teva Pharmaceuticals laying off 41 employees by the end of July.

North Carolina:  University of North Carolina at Greensboro warns it might have to destroy 120 jobs and 600 classes in July!  It already killed 390 classes for the 2013-14 school year!  It’s blamed on increasing disappearing students, 2014-15 school year enrollment is already down by 2.6%.  It’s also blamed on decreasing taxpayer funding and increased costs, like increased employee health insurance cost due to Obama Care.  In Robeson County, Tredegar Film Products shutting down by summer 2014, 80 jobs lost.

Oregon:  In Hillsboro, after 33 years Skate World shutting down in June.  Management suggested it was due to jacked up rent.

Pennsylvania:  Camden City School District eliminating 575 jobs!  District officials blamed it on disappearing students and on prior district officials “overspending” taxpayer funding.  The Easton Express-Times will make 68 of its employees unemployed by the end of 2014. That’s half of what’s left of the employees, last year there were two rounds of layoffs.  Easton Express-Times is owned by the same company killing jobs at New Jersey’s Star-Ledger.   In Intercourse, after who knows how long the iconic W.L. Zimmerman & Sons grocery store shutdown.  The store was used in the movie Witness.  The owner, Kristine Shirk, blames the bad economy saying “there wasn’t enough margin to work with any more.”

Washington: In Redmond, more tech jobs being killed, this time by Microsoft.  The company made no public announcement, it was former employees who went public on social media reporting that Microsoft is culling jobs.  When pestered by news media Microsoft would only say “…we do not discuss personnel decisions, the team affected was small relative to the overall size of Microsoft Studios.”

01 – 02 April 2014: Cities killing themselves with fee increases! 

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 01 – 02 April 2014: Cities killing themselves with fee increases! More big companies say there is no recovery! More education job destruction due to massive disappearing students! More healthcare job destruction due to ObamaCare!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Alabama:  In Dothan, Wayne Farms kills 560 jobs!  The poultry processing company made a deal with its largest customer to supply chicken without deboning it.  Turns out the number of people it takes to debone chicken made up more than half its employees!

Arizona: The city of Phoenix wants to shutdown 13 community centers!  City officials say they are $38-million USD in the hole and also plan on cutting funding for firefighting and other services.  They want to raise parking meter and water rates, and impose a tax on plastic grocery bags, among other costs imposed on the cash strapped public.  But wait, there’s more!  Local news media revealed that city leaders gave themselves a pay raise, including a $58-thousand raise for the new city manager!

California:  United Airlines killed 242 jobs in Los Angeles and San Francisco!  Redwood Regional Medical Group killed 261 healthcare jobs across the not so Golden State!  In Mountain View, El Camino Hospital laid off 48 employees.  In Los Angeles, Menzies Aviation laid off 102 people!  What automotive industry recovery? In Chino, automotive parts maker Senior Operations/CAPO killed 131 jobs!  In Antioch, Stonyfield Farm laid off 58 employees.

Connecticut: Reports to state officials reveal that NStar lied about not making any “significant” layoffs due to a merger.  More than 155 people have lost their job since the merger with Northeast Utilities two years ago, and more layoffs are planned!

Delaware: In Dover, Kmart shutting down in July, 100 jobs lost!

Georgia: In Athens, after 28 years Junkman’s Daughter’s Brother gift shop shutdown.

Illinois: In Urbana, maker of plastic eating utensils Dart Container Company laid off 36 employees.

Iowa: In Iowa City, after more than 20 years the Tobacco Bowl shutdown.

Kansas: Newman Regional Hospital laid off 15 employees. Hospital officials stated to local news media that the “Negative financial impacts of The Affordable Care Act.” will cause them to lose $3.5-million in 2014!  In Wichita, the OfficeMax will shutdown in May.  It’s blamed on the merger with Office Depot.

Louisiana:  IberiaBank Corporation laying off 97 Teche Federal Bank employees.

Maryland: The Sheraton Baltimore City Center warned city officials it will kill the majority of its positions by the end of May.  110 employees will become unemployed, and if the hotel shuts down for good then 160 people become unemployed!

Massachusetts:  Reports to state officials reveal that Northeast Utilities lied about not making any “significant” layoffs due to a merger.  More than 300 people have lost their job since the merger with NStar  two years ago, and more layoffs are planned!   In Leominster, HealthAlliance Hospital laid off four employees, and hospital officials warned there will be more.  Hospital officials say Obama Care cut their revenues by 4%, just in the last quarter of 2013: “We’re trying to keep up…with lower payment rates. We are trying to stay with it so we don’t slip into larger losses.”-Michael Cofone

Minnesota: In Mankato, after 33 years Mexican Village restaurant shutting down in May.

Missouri: In Saint Louis, after 53 years property speculators killed the Majestic Restaurant and Bar.

Montana: In Bozeman, after 42 years Zig’s Electric & Plumbing Supply shutdown.  The decision to “pull the plug” is blamed on a number of factors including increasing government regulations and the bad economy.

New York:  In Long Island, All American School Bus shutting down in June, 990 jobs lost!  In Brooklyn, Allied Transit/Empire State laying off 78 bus employees in June.  In Bronx, 3rd Avenue Transit/Canal Escorts shutting down in June, 91 jobs lost.  In Rochester, Eastman Kodak continues to layoff employees, this time about 13 people being let go in June.  In NYC, InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel shutting down in June, supposedly for remodeling, 447 people unemployed!  Kaye Scholer law firm warned of an undisclosed number of layoffs to take place by July, due to the law firm moving to Florida.  Who said internet newspapers are dominating the old school print? Digital First Media laying off 100 employees!  It could be blamed on its merger with MediaNews Group.  Entertainment Weekly laid off seven people.  Schenectady Regional Orthopedic Associates shutting down in June, 79 jobs lost.  In Gouverneur, Kinney Nursing Home shutting down by July, 61 jobs lost.  Pissed off officials blame Obama Care for the final death blow: “Unfortunately, the harsh realities of today’s healthcare economy prevent a small nursing home like this, in a rural area like ours, from remaining viable any longer. The challenges faced by Kinney Nursing Home are like those confronting nursing homes across the country…..The payments Kinney Nursing Home receives for providing care are far below its operating costs….”-statement from board of directors

North Carolina:  Elizabeth City State University laid off 34 employees.  ECSU eliminated 46 positions last school year.  School officials say disappearing students caused the university to lose $4.2-million in the 2013-14 school year!  Family Dollar stores laid off 135 people at their headquarters in Matthews! Company officials pointed out they’ve been hiring over the past three years, but they expect a bigger slow down in the economy and are preparing by laying off employees.  In Chapel Hill, after 40 years Roses variety store shutting down in June.  Company officials blamed it on the landlord, for “a huge increase in rent”!  In Robbinsville, Stanley Furniture Company halting production of its Young America furniture brand, 400 jobs lost!  Company officials say their economic outlook for the country is not good and they need to make cuts now: “After a thorough review of both our own operations and the current marketplace for nursery and youth furniture, management and the Board concluded that the Young America business could not achieve an acceptable level of revenue within an adequate time frame to assure sustainable profitability…..”-Glenn Prillaman, CEO

Ohio: In Conneaut, 32 years old Kmart shutting down in June, 43 jobs lost.

Oregon:  New York based medical device maker Welch Allyn laying off 84 employees in Beaverton.  Ever since Obama Care went into effect medical device makers have been slashing and burning jobs, due to the new tax imposed on them by the Affordable Care Act.

Pennsylvania: Education Management Corporation killing 200 jobs across the country!  Most of the layoffs are taking place at its Art Institutes.  It has also sold off its Art Institute of Pittsburgh building.  The company also revealed  that an undisclosed number of employees were laid off last year.  By September of last year Education Management was $1.3-billion in debt!   It’s blamed on disappearing students.

Texas: Macy’s shutting down one of two Houston stores, 136 jobs lost by June!

Vermont: Burlington School District plans to layoff 23 employees for the 2014-15 school year.

Washington: Video game maker Airtight Games laid off 14 employees.

28 – 31 March 2014: Massive job losses!

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. Job Losses & Store Closings 28 – 31 March 2014: California hit with massive job losses! Obama Care blamed for Yankee Dollar shutdown! ObamaCare killing more education jobs! Massive ObamaCare healthcare jobs cuts, again!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Alaska: University of Fairbanks warned of 100 job cuts for next school year!  It’s blamed on crashing taxpayer funding and increasing healthcare costs for employees due to Obama Care.

California: Who said tech jobs are recession proof?  Adobe Systems killed 71 jobs.  In Sacramento, LexisNexis laid off 65 employees.  In Bell, Certified Networks killing 211 jobs!  In Livermore, Valmark Interface laid off 46 people.  In Simi Valley, Corelogic tax service killed 81 jobs.  In Santa Clara, Aviat Networks laid off 62 employees. In Santa Anna, renewable energy company Edison Mission Energy killed 92 jobs.  In Irvine, Korea based Hyundai laid off 72 auto loan employees.  In Fort Irwin, taxsucker Northrop-Grumman killed 860 jobs!  Taxsucker Vose Technical laid off 59 employees.  In Sunnyvale, taxsucker Lockheed Martin killed 105 jobs!  In Vernon, Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries shutdown, 160 jobs lost!  In Los Angeles, The Fat Cow killed 92 jobs.  Property manager Topa Management laid off 11 employees.  In South Pasadena, after 24 years Book’em Mysteries shutdown.  In Ontario, Covidien Distribution laid off 13 employees.  In Lancaster, troubled Starwood Hotels killed 380 jobs! The hotel company has laid off 10200 people since 11 September 2001!  In San Diego, troubled Bridgepoint Education killing another 91 jobs, on top of the 117 jobs killed at the beginning of the year!  San Diego antibiotics maker Trius Therapeutics laid off 26 employees.  Metropolitan Medical laid off 22 employees at two hospitals. In Milpitas, Lifescan laid off nine employees.  In San Marcos, worker’s comp specialist One Call Care Management laid off 70 people.  In Sepestapol, Palm Drive Hospital warned of another round of healthcare layoffs.   This time 50 people will become unemployed.  Hospital CEO, Thomas Harlan, blames declining patients, and Obama Care for killing small hospitals saying “I don’t think any small hospital with the level of volume as low as ours will be able to survive long term…..” 

Colorado: In Longmount, after 47 years Advanced Printing shutdown.  The owner, Ron Peters, blames the “damn copy machine”!

Florida: In Fort Walton Beach, after 67 years Vandegriff Jewelers shutdown.

Hawaii: In Waikiki, ice cream shop Cold Stone Creamery shutdown.  The owner blamed it on the greedy landlord who jacked up the rent.

Idaho:  In Idaho Falls, according to an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Center Partners laid off 400 call center employees!

Indiana: In Evansville, after 20 years Maxine’s Café and Bakery shutdown.   The owner blamed declining business.

Louisiana: Home hospice operator Amedisys shutting down 25 health and hospice centers, and consolidating another 23!  Company officials refused to say which centers would close, or how many people would become unemployed.

Maryland:  University of Maryland University College warned of 70 layoffs for next school year.   It’s blamed on disappearing students and increased healthcare costs for employees.

Massachusetts: In East Boston, after 90 years and surviving the Great Depression, Al’s Shoe Store shutdown.  The owners say the shoe business went south starting more than 15 years ago, when U.S. shoe manufacturing jobs were shipped off to Asia.  Prices went down but so did the quality, and so did business for mom & pop shoe stores.

Michigan: In Grand Rapids, after 38 years Pooh’s Corner children’s bookstore shutdown.

Nevada: The Southern Nevada Health District killing about 60 jobs.  It’s blamed on crashing local tax revenues, and decreased Medicaid/Medicare and insurance industry reimbursements caused by Obama Care.

New Jersey:  Even after getting their unionized employees to fork over millions of dollars last year (under threat of shutting down) the Newark Star-Ledger is going to layoff an undisclosed number of employees.  A new news organization will be created called NJ Advance Media.  Port Jervis School District warned of job cuts for the 2014-15 school year.  The district has already hit their local tax increase limit.  It’s blamed on state and federal funding cuts and Obama Care insurance increases for district employees.

New York:  Waterford based Yankee One Dollar stores announced they are shutting down all 23 stores!  Company officials blamed ever increasing operating costs, including employee healthcare costs caused by evil Obama Care (Affordable Care Act).   In NYC, NBC‘s supposed ‘investigative’ report program, Dateline, laid off 10 employees.  On top of that NBC warned it will kill 55 additional jobs by the end of April, blaming it on “economic” reasons.  South Colonie School District warned of 35 layoffs for the upcoming school year.  It’s blamed on crashing taxpayer funding and increased healthcare costs for employees.   The district might raise local taxes.  In Owego, Asteelflash US East says it will kill 34 jobs in June.   In Pittsford, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo killing 68 mortgage jobs by June.   In Brooklyn, Pride Transportation laid off 50 school bus employees.  Quality Transportation warns of 120 layoffs by June!  Kings Matron says 60 school bus employees will become unemployed in June.

North Carolina:  After 72 years the Pearson Company furniture factory shutdown. 86 jobs lost.   In Burlington, Hamrick’s discount retailer shutdown.

Pennsylvania:  The Allentown School District laid off 101 employees, including teachers!  This brings the number of education jobs killed in the past five years to 450!  School officials blamed a number of things including Obama Care, which increases employee healthcare costs for the school district by $4.3-million USD!  After more than 30 years, Torre shoe store shutdown.  In South Union Township, after 22 years Cherry Tree Cafe shutdown.

Wisconsin: In Manitowoc, the Strand Theater shutdown.  The owners say they can no longer compete with multi-screen theaters.

27 March 2014: Toy R Us loses $1-billion!

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

Exceptional Failed State: Sears adds another 120 stores to its now secret shutdown list! Desperate for $170-million in cash! Opens new “Kmart At A Discount” stores, designed to rip you off?

02 July 2014 (13:23 UTC-07 Tango)/04 Ramadan 1435/11 Tir 1393/06 Xin-Wei 4712

Minnesota losing a 35 years old Kmart in September.  I missed the local news media revelation about the closing of the Shawano, Wisconsin, Kmart.

According to some news reports, Sears Holdings has now added as many as 120 stores to its new list of store shutdowns.   Revenue losses for Sears Holdings have doubled since last year! The list is kind-a-secret as Sears officials refuse to tell news media which stores are going to be closed forever.  They say they need raise $170-million USD in fast cash, and that cash will come from their store closing discount sales.  In other words, the only way Sears can generate enough revenue is through store shutdown sales!

This might explain the rebirth of the Belvidere, Illinois, Kmart.  The store was scheduled to be shutdown, but suddenly it’s been rebranded as a Kmart At A Discount store, where everyday is a perpetual ‘store closing’ sale!   As such the store will not honor any Kmart coupons: “Your Kmart at a Discount will not be participating in the current K-Mart TV promotions, circulars, coupons or mailers.”

However, a local news source has revealed that the Kmart At A Discount store could be a scam.  Many shoppers reported that the so called 40% discounted prices were actually the full retail price!

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), Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears (jobs lost unknown).

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).

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.

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).

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.

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).

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), recently revealed Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed).

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). 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).

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), recently revealed 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).

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), recently revealed 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)

 

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 27 March 2014: Toy R Us loses $1-billion! No more Canadian cheese? More healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Arizona: In Phoenix, after 50 years Karsh’s Bakery shutdown!  The owner blames the failed economy: “It’s sad to say we are closing today because of the economy and stuff, we’ve tried to come back from 2008.”-Wayne Kinding

California: In Los Angeles, tax sucker Aerojet Rocketdyne killed 230 jobs!  It’s blamed on the takeover by GenCorp.  More layoffs are in the works.  In Temecula, after 25 years the Paperback Shack book store shutdown.

Florida: Another Books-A-Million shuts down, this time in Palm Coast.

Georgia: In Atlanta, reports that Cable News Network (CNN) laid off 16 employees, due to new “technologies”.

Kansas: In Coffeeyville, wire maker Southwire announced it is shutting down its factory.  200 jobs will be lost by March 2015!

Maryland: In Hancock, British empire Canada based Saputo shutting down a cheese factory, starting in May.  In Gambrills, after 14 years Caribou Coffee shutdown.

Massachusetts: Cambridge Health Alliance eliminated 30 positions.  It’s blamed on the Affordable Healthcare Act (Obama Care).

Michigan: Mackinac Straits Health Systems eliminated 23 positions, and reduced the hours for other employees.  Hospital officials say that benefits for employees are being reduced and even top managers are getting a 5% pay cut.  Officials directly blame Obama Care for taking a “toll” on the hospital.

Mississippi: Harrah’s Tunica casino shutting down, 950 jobs lost, a total of 1300 jobs affected!  Casino officials say there are too many gambling joints in the U.S.

Missouri: In Saint Joseph, after 34 years Record Wear House shutdown.

New Jersey:  Mitt Romney/Bain Capitol controlled Toys R Us killed 500 jobs!  Company officials blame a $1-billion USD decrease in sales in 2013!

New York:  In Long Island, Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries shutting down their Entenmann’s Bay Shore bakery, 178 jobs lost!  Company officials basically said there were too many bakeries in the area.   Too Big to Jail Key Bank shutting down ten branch offices, in July and August!  In Yonkers, Mile Square Transportation laying off 90 school bus drivers in June.  In Suffern, legal drugs pusher Novartis laid off 28 employees for “economic” reasons.

Ohio:  In Mentor, 100 jobs to be lost when Steris shuts down its sterilizer factory by October 2015!  Steris specializes in infection prevention and contamination control solutions for the healthcare industry.  Does this have anything to do with the new medical industry taxes created by Obama Care?  In Kent, after less than three years Second Sole shoe store shutdown!  The owners said the economy in Kent sucks ass!

Texas:  Grapevine based video game seller GameStop to shutdown 130 stores this year.  They’ve made a deal with AT&T to open new cell phone based stores.

Vermont: In Lyndonville, factory tooling maker Kennametal shutting down.  80 high paying jobs lost.  In Shaftsbury, after 22 years the Shaftsbury Country Store shutdown.

Wisconsin: In New London, British empire Canada based Saputo shutting down a cheese factory, starting in May.

25 – 26 March 2014: “We are dumbfounded!”

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, International, U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A.: Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship to skyrocket as new FACTA tax law begins! Back door isolationism!

01 July 2014 (14:37 UTC-07 Tango)/03 Ramadan 1435/10 Tir 1393/05 Xin-Wei  4712

Beginning now, a new Fair and Trade Accurate Transaction Act (FACTA) rule goes into effect:  Any foreign bank account belonging to a U.S. citizen living abroad, which has $50-thousand or more, must be reported to the U.S. Treasury or that foreign bank could be sanctioned from making transactions with U.S. banks.

FACTA is the number one reason for skyrocketing exodus of middle class U.S. citizens.  FACTA does not go after the wealthy elites who avoid taxes by moving their money offshore, it goes after middle and upper class U.S. citizens who are working outside the United States.  In effect they are being double/triple taxed, and they have no Congressional representation, which equates to taxation without representation.

Anybody who understands the creation of the United States would understand that “no taxation without representation” was one of the   rallying cries for revolution against the evil British empire.  Now the U.S. government is perpetrating the same crime against its own citizens!

Another ‘shoot yourself in the foot’ problem with FACTA: This is slowly isolating the U.S. economy from international trade, as many foreign banks are willing to risk ending business transactions with U.S. banks by considering non-compliance with FACTA.

accelerating destruction of the U.S. Dollar!

CHINESE RMB TO REPLACE USD FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE!

2014 TO BE ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR REJECTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP!

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 25 – 26 March 2014: “We are dumbfounded!” ObamaCare killing Walgreens? More hospital shutdowns! No more Levis? More women’s clothing stores in trouble!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

California: San Francisco based Levi Strauss killed 800 corporate jobs!  In Pasadena, Too Big to Jail Bank of America revealed it will kill 153 mortgage service jobs in April!  In Napa, after 29 years the Golden Carrot Natural Foods store shutdown.  In El Segundo, toy maker Mattel killed 128 jobs!

Florida: In Jacksonville, women’s clothing retailer Body Central warned of massive layoffs, after realizing they lost $42-million USD in 2013!  In Boca Raton, after only two years and $250-thousand in remodeling upscale Red, The Steakhouse shutdown.  The owner was shocked at how much business crashed since last summer: “We are dumbfounded it came to this!……..When summer hit, there weren’t enough people…..No energy!”-Brad Friedlander

Idaho: In Nampa, food producer Simplot announced they will shutdown operations at the end of May.  206 jobs lost!  It’s part of their ongoing consolidations of food processing.

Illinois: Bushnell-Prairie City School District will layoff at least 16 employees, end two sports programs and end elementary summer school for the 2014-15 school year.  It’s blamed on massive funding cuts at the states level.   Springfield based legal drugs pusher Walgreens announced it will shutdown 76 stores across the country!   Company officials say they also need to cut expenses by $50-million by the end of 2015!  Blame it on drastically reduced government and insurance company reimbursements under Obama Care.

Massachusetts: In North Adams, after 129 years North Adams Regional Hospital now chapter 7 bankrupt busted, and shutting down, 530 jobs lost!  VNA & Hospice and the Northern Berkshire Healthcare Physicians Group affected by the bankruptcy as well!  This will have a major effect on North Adams as the hospital is the city’s main employer.

Minnesota: Who said high tech jobs are recession proof? Food processor Cargill announced it will kill 900 IT jobs across the country, 300 of which are in Minneapolis–Saint Paul.  Cargill will now rely on lower paid contractors.  After only nine years the only two Christian Camden Music Schools shutdown.  God didn’t stop the ‘great recession’ from killing off the schools: “The revenues were not sufficient for me to sustain it.”-Janet Zahn, founder

Nevada: Who said high tech jobs are recession proof?  Gambling machine maker International Game Technology (IGT) killing 350 jobs!  Company officials said the need to cut $30-million in expenses.

New York: Queensbury Union Free School District warned of job cuts  for the upcoming school year.   It’s blamed on continued reduction in funding, and of course they want the cash strapped property owners to fork over more money.  Saranac Lake Central School District wants to layoff at least 20 employees for the upcoming school year.  Adirondack Health killed 18 healthcare jobs, and reduced the hours of 15 others.  Hospital officials blamed Obama Care for a $1.2-million drop in funding in 2013, and said it’ll be even worse in 2014!  They’re also considering turning the Adirondack Medical Center emergency room into a 24 hour urgent care center.  In Brooklyn, school bus contractor RPM Systems laying off 47 employees in June.  Mountainside Transportation also laying off 47 school bus employees in June.

North Carolina: In Raleigh, after 29 years Fat Daddy’s Market & Grill  shutdown.  45 jobs lost.

Ohio: In Lakewood, after 67 years Wings Hobby Shop shutdown.  The owner blames lazy young people: “We peaked out, volume-wise, in 1995.  Little by little it started to go away, because we weren’t getting any young people……Society has evolved into a mode of instant gratification…….They want to have a collection to look at, but they don’t want to build anything. “-Al Cicerchi

Oregon: In Medford, after 37 years roller skate rink Roller Odyssey shutdown.  The owners said the could not afford the new rent.

Pennsylvania: In Coraopolis,  British empire Australia based QBE Insurance laying off 59 employees.  The Pittsburgh Riverhounds football (soccer) team, and the owners of the Highmark Stadium now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  It’s blamed on the millions of dollars it took to build the stadium.

Texas: Oil industry seismic service company Global Geophysical Service now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Company officials blame the past few years of the ‘great recession’ for causing them to get into massive debt. In Sugar Land, after less than one year the Fiesta Market Place grocery store shutdown!  I couldn’t find any reports that explained why.  In Woodland, after 23 years the Affinity & Tux Shop shutdown.  The owner blamed it on health problems.

Virginia: In Hampton Roads, baby killing tax sucking DynCorp laying off 62 military base security guards.  Company officials blame it on the expiration of their government contract.  In Charleston, reports that the Sushi Atlantic market shutdown.

22 – 24 March 2014: “I hate working for nothing!”

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 22 – 24 March 2014: “I hate working for nothing!” The Christian God shutting down His(?) own churches! “Out-migration” killing schools! More businesses that survived the Great Depression being killed off by the great recession! American Money Center now bankrupt! More healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Arizona: The city of Phoenix warns of layoffs as they are short $38-million USD!  The Fiesta Bowl officials warned of layoffs, blaming the bad economy: “We don’t have the revenue pieces we used to have.”-Duane Woods

California: Sacramento International Airport warned of layoffs.  Officials say passenger traffic has dropped by 20% over the past seven years, and they need to cut $14-million from next year’s budget!    In Inglewood, 8 Points Management and Hollywood Park Casino killed 487 jobs!  In Commerce, Microcell Communications laid off 32 employees.  In Hayward, Obama Care killed 116 jobs with Solta Medical!  In San Jose, the National Hispanic University shutting down in 2015: “…the Board has determined that because the university continues to face significant ongoing regulatory and financial challenges, the institution cannot operate…”

Connecticut: The Waterford Board of Education announced they will shutdown four elementary schools!  School officials officially call disappearing students “out-migration”:  “The Waterford School District has seen a total decline of 1-thousand students over the last four years, with this trend expected to continue!”-Rhonda Lessel

Florida: In Daytona Beach, after 51 years Stan’s Transmission shutdown.  The pissed off owner blamed the suck ass economy: “….everything has changed and the overhead is just too high. Taxes and medical and workman’s comp and insurance. It costs so much money and I hate working for nothing!”-Robert Mitchell

Illinois: In Lakemore, after 38 years Le Vichyssois restaurant shutdown.

Indiana: In Indianapolis, medical charity Project Health now dead!  The Indianapolis Medical Society blames the bad economy for killing donations.

Iowa: In Sioux City, after 30 years Rhonda’s Speak Easy shutting down, 10 jobs lost.  Blame Obama Care!  The bar owner is going to take advantage of Obama Care’s focus on in-home healthcare, and she’s going to start an in-home healthcare service.

Kansas: In McPherson a major food processor, Nation Pizza and Foods, ending operations.  As many as 195 jobs lost!

Maryland: In Baltimore, after 25 years Video American shutdown.

Massachusetts: In Holyoke, the Geriatric Authority nursing home shutting down due to money problems.  They’ve already laid off 15 healthcare workers. The state Department of Public Health will fund the nursing home until it is shutdown.

Michigan:  The South Haven Community Hospital shutdown its birthing unit, 19 jobs lost.

Minnesota: In Marshall, Kmart announced they will shutdown in July, 57 jobs lost.

Montana: In Missoula, nonprofit Project Vote Smart laid off six employees without notice.  Some of those employees had just moved in from other states.  Project Vote Smart officials said it has become too “expensive” to conduct their political science research.

New York:  In Buffalo, after 80 years (and surviving the Great Depression) Radio Equipment Corporation shutdown.  A loyal customer blamed the shutdown on the new “disposable world”.  In Rochester, Eastman Kodak laying off 35 employees in June.  In Brooklyn, Voila Sweets shutting down in June, 72 jobs lost.

North Carolina: In Wilmington, after 32 years Teacher’s Aid shutdown.  The owner of the education supply store blamed the past five years of declining sales.

Ohio: Grocery store Giant Eagle shutting down two stores, one in Toledo, one in Rossford.  179 jobs will be lost in May!  Company officials say there are too many grocery stores in the U.S.

Pennsylvania:  In Pittsburg, God refuses to stop the Catholic Church from shutting down three churches.   King of Prussia based Money Centers of America now chapter 11 bankrupt busted!  The electronic payment processor for casinos is fighting court actions that could cost it more than $10-million.  In West Manchester Township, Voith Hydro eliminating 90 jobs. They said demand for hydroelectric equipment is falling.

South Carolina: In Richmond, the Piggly Wiggly grocery store shutdown, 37 jobs lost.

Texas:  In Dallas, Japan based Sony shutting down a distribution center, it’s connected to the massive layoff announcement made in California the week prior.  In Marshall, after 20 years The Diamond Store shutdown.   In Tyler, after 85 years Gulf State Lumber shutdown.  The business survived the Great Depression, but not this so called ‘great recession’: “Tyler used to be immune to a recession, and to me this last, I call it the great recession, really has hurt our business.”-Sam Wolf, great great grandson of Gulf State Lumber’s founder

Washington DC: California based tax sucker Bechtel laying off 117 workers as it ends the first phase of the Silver Line commuter rail service.

West Virginia: Wetzel County Hospital laid off eight healthcare workers, cut the hours of 11 others, and will not fill vacant positions.  Hospital officials blamed Obama Care for shifting focus to outpatient care.

Wisconsin: Grocery store Supervalu shut down their Pleasant Prairie regional office, 155 jobs lost! Another 200 jobs will be eliminated across the country!

20 – 21 March 2014: 13-thousand + teaching jobs being killed? 

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, International

World War 3: British Empire issuing Muslim Sukuk, accelerating destruction of the U.S. Dollar!

26 June 2014 (23:45 UTC-07 Tango 25 June 2014)/27 Sha’ban 1435/05 Tir 1393/29 Geng Wu 4712

“Today’s issuance of Britain’s first sovereign Sukuk delivers on the government’s commitment to become the western hub of Islamic finance and is part of our long term economic plan to make Britain the undisputed center of the global financial system.“–George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer United Kingdom

The United Kingdom, the center of international markets and recently signed a deal to with China to stop using the U.S. dollar, is now the first ‘non-Muslim’ sovereign entity to issue Bonds based on Islamic finance rules.

The Sukuk bond (sukuk means financial instrument or even a check) does not pay a return based on interest, but on profits from three rental properties held by the government of the United Kingdom.

So far the U.K. has sold the equivalent of $340-million USD worth of their Sukuk.

Islamic financing is not the enemy of the United States, the British Empire is the mortal enemy of the U.S.  The British empire has been working long and hard to destroy the U.S. dominance of global finance (ever since it started to lose that position to the U.S. in the late 1890s).  It should be the U.S. issuing Sukuk bonds.  The dragging of the U.S. into the European theaters of war, during the First and Second World Wars,  was not only a hope by British officials to have their asses saved from physical destruction by Germany, but to financially weaken their mortal enemy the United States of America.

In other words, there has been a covert banker board room directed war waged by the British Empire against the United States, for at least the past one hundred years.  Don’t blame China and don’t blame Islam for your economic destruction!

 British Empire joins Russia to destroy U.S. dollar! 

Statement by People’s Republic of China & United Kingdom

British empire plan for global takeover, the people of the United States are patsies! 

it is not China who is the biggest foreign direct investor (FDI) in the United States…..it is the British empire’s United Kingdom….Canada