Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss announcements and shutdowns for January 2017.
Greek owned shipping giant Toisa, and 23 affiliates, filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection blaming low volume of petroleum shipments.
Alabama: Beaulieu America shutting down its 30 years old carpet fibers factory, 375 jobs lost by the end of March!
California: In Petaluma, Enphase Energy eliminating […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list (due to internet access problems, come on why won’t anybody donate to BlindBatNews?) of U.S. Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct announcements for January 2017:
California: The Chico Fire Department eliminated five jobs due to the taxpayer funded FEMA awarded SAFER grant running out. In San Diego, tax-sucking General Dynamics owned National Steel & Shipbuilding suddenly laid off […] Continue Reading…
23 March 2017 (02:00 UTC-07 Tango 06) 03 Farvardin 1396/24 Jumada t-Tania 1438/26 Gui Mao 4715
Despite a near total gun ban, and despite the recent electronic device ban imposed by United States and United Kingdom, a man being officially called a terrorist by London police caused mayhem in front of the world’s oldest parliament, using low-tech […] Continue Reading…
22 March 2017 / 21:07 UTC-07 Tango 06 (03 Farvardin 1396/24 Jumada t-Tania 1438/26 Gui Mao 4715)
The struggling to come back from the dead (under new management) Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, and the Grand Teton Mall in Idaho Falls, and Boise Towne Square mall in Boise, and in Coeur d’Alene, and in Twin Falls, all […] Continue Reading…
22 March 2017 / 20:13 UTC-07 Tango 06 (03 Farvardin 1396/24 Jumada t-Tania 1438/26 Gui Mao 4715)
“…we experienced a challenging retail environment due in part to a weak hunting season and the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.”-Amanda Covington, Vista Outdoor-Federal Cartridge (Federal Premium Ammunition)
At the beginning of March, Vista Outdoor (formerly known as ATK) owned […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss announcements and shutdowns made or announced in January 2017:
Alabama: Tennessee based Fred’s Discount Store announced it will shutdown at least three stores in The Yellowhammer State by the end of February, blaming crashing sales (or is it really because of Fred’s $90-million USD takeover of RiteAid?). Best Buy […] Continue Reading…
19 March 2017 (15:58 UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Esfand 1395/20 Jumada t-Tania 1438/22 Gui Mao 4715
“China ranks the 7th in terms of project numbers in Africa, but it created the most jobs, which is unexpected by many people.”-Jeremy Stevens, Standard Bank Group
During the last two years of the Obama regime China has become the number one creator […] Continue Reading…
18 March 2017 (18:10 UTC-07 Tango 06) 28 Esfand 1395/19 Jumada t-Tania 1438/21 Gui Mao 4715
For a long time biologists (and other scientists) have known that the shape of a animal’s nose depends on what type of climate it lives in, now more proof that your nose knows when the climate is about to change.
Pennsylvania State University […] Continue Reading…
18 March 2017 (02:27 UTC-07 Tango 06) 28 Esfand 1395/19 Jumada t-Tania 1438/21 Gui Mao 4715
Could early humans have been whacked on shrooms from the beginning? Scientists from China, New Zealand and United States claim to have the oldest intact mushroom fossils ever; 99-million years old!
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (of the Chinese Academy of Sciences) released […] Continue Reading…
17 March 2017 (12:02 UTC-07 Tango 06) 27 Esfand 1395/18 Jumada t-Tania 1438/20 Gui Mao 4715
Texas based iconic U.S. retailer JCPenney revealed its 1st half 2017 store hit-list, 138 stores going down and as many as 6-thousand jobs being culled from the U.S. economy!
Two weeks from now 138 stores across the U.S. will begin liquidation sales, however, contrary […] Continue Reading…