Arizona: In Phoenix, after 30 years Ofelia’s bridal shop shutdown, the pissed-off owner said she never recovered from the 2008 recession: “When the economy come down, they [suppliers] continue to sell me a bunch of dresses, and I don’t sell them!”-Ofelia Martinez
California: San Ramon based oil giant Chevron announced it will eliminate 1-thousand jobs at an […] Continue Reading…
08 November 2015 (09:57 UTC-07 Tango 01)/17 Aban 1394/25 Muharram 1437/27 Ding-Hai 4713
Back in June the U.S. backed neo-imperialist government of Japan ordered all 86 taxpayer funded universities to “abolish or convert” courses that are not considered useful to big corporations (using the the Orwellian doublespeak term “society’s needs” when they really meant big corporations’ […] Continue Reading…
08 November 2015 (08:34 UTC-07 Tango 01)/17 Aban 1394/25 Muharram 1437/27 Ding-Hai 4713
“If you end up adding to that $18.5-trillion the unfunded civilian and military pensions and retiree healthcare, the additional underfunding for Social Security, the additional underfunding for Medicare, various commitments and contingencies that the federal government has, the real number is about $65-trillion […] Continue Reading…
Colorado: Broomfield based Noodles & Company shutting down 16 restaurants! The ‘fast-casual’ ramen eatery lost $9.8-million USD in its 3rd quarter of 2015. Denver-based Fidelity Exploration & Production suddenly shutdown and laid off 106 people: “The E&P business will cease to exist and we’re selling all of Fidelity’s assets.”-Rick Matteson, MDU Resources
Failed State Florida: In Sarasota, […] Continue Reading…
06 November 2015 (19:01 UTC-07 Tango 01, 05 November 2015)/15 Aban 1394/23 Muharram 1437/25 Ding-Hai 4713
Iran has imposed economic sanctions, or literally a blockade on any U.S. made products being imported into Iran!
No U.S. products for your market! On orders of your own government!Amazingly this appears to be part of the Joint […] Continue Reading…
California: HVAC parts maker Hart and Cooley shutting down their Nampa operations, 75 jobs lost between January and March 2016.
Colorado: Just months after getting government approval to sail cruise ships to Cuba, Haimark Line now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. It doesn’t help that the Breckenridge based company has only one 210 passenger ship.
Connecticut: Evil drugs researcher Bristol-Myers […] Continue Reading…
04 November 2015 (08:04 UTC-07 Tango 01)/13 Aban 1394/21 Muharram 1437/23 Ding-Hai 4713
The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) epidemic is not finished! After three months of no significant cases of MERS a man in the Republic of Korea (RoK, aka south Korea) has died.
The 66 years old man got infected back in June, while at […] Continue Reading…
“The Ranking Digital Rights 2015 Corporate Accountability Index shines a needed spotlight on corporate practices…We found that many of the world’s most powerful Internet and telecommunications companies fail to disclose key information about practices affecting users’ rights. ….companies were assessed on 31 indicators across three categories –commitment, freedom of expression, and privacy – drawn heavily from international […] Continue Reading…
04 November 2015 (18:45 UTC-07 Tango 01, 03 November 2015)/13 Aban 1394/21 Muharram 1437/23 Ding-Hai 4713
Under the guise of studying MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) the U.S. National Institutes for Health and Republic of Korea’s (RoK, aka south Korea) National Institute of Health signed a ‘letter of intent’, two weeks ago! Only now is the RoK […] Continue Reading…
What automotive industry recovery? Bermuda based business insurance company Hiscox surveyed mom-n-pop businesses across the United States. Mom-n-pop auto repair shops are being hit hardest by the lack of economic recovery, 56% say they will be forced to shutdown between now and 2020!
Failed State Alabama: Video Warehouse shutting down their Dothan store. In August […] Continue Reading…