Sears Holdings is shutting down an appliance repair center in The Empire State, as well as a Kmart in Maryland, in time for Thanksgiving.
Another Hometown Store shutting down. The franchise owner is shutting down his Maryland store after three years of operations. However, he blames the property owner (of Perryville Outlets) for failing to deliver […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: In Santa Clarita Valley, only four months after its grand opening Haggen Foods announced it is shutting down within the next 60 days. It’s part of Washington based Haggen’s plan to dump dozens of former Albertsons and Safeway stores they were tricked into buying.
Idaho: Since 1978 renewable energy […] Continue Reading…
25 August 2015 (04:04 UTC-07 Tango 01)/03 Shahrivar 1394/10 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/12 Jia-Shen (7th month) 4713
More than a week after massive thermobaric explosions nearly destroyed the Binhai District in Tianjin, China, Japanese car maker Toyota continues to suffer economically.
Toyota is delaying the re-start of their production lines at least until the end of this week. […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Arizona: Ohio based employment agency Cavalry Staffing shutting down its Phoenix office, 411 jobs lost by October!
California: The Santee VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) warned of shutdown in September due to lack of donations. In Emeryville, after almost 30 years Bucci’s restaurant shutting down at the end of September. […] Continue Reading…
24 August 2015 (19:12 UTC-07 Tango 01, 23 August 2015)/02 Shahrivar 1394/09 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/11 Jia-Shen (7th month) 4713
Very little info has been published about the explosions at the U.S. Army’s Sagami General Depot in Japan, but daytime video of the site revealed the nighttime explosions were more visually impactful than the damage they […] Continue Reading…
23 August 2015 (11:38 UTC-07 Tango 01)/01 Shahrivar 1394/08 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/10 Jia-Shen (7th month) 4713
“I was asleep, and at first thought it might have been the roar of thunder, but then there was a sequence of explosions for 10, maybe 15 minutes. A pillar of orange rose to the skies, and the air […] Continue Reading…
23 August 2015 (11:09 UTC-07 Tango 01)/01 Shahrivar 1394/08 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/10 Jia-Shen (7th month) 4713
It’s starting to look intentional as yet another massive explosion in a different chemical warehouse in China! This time it happened in Dongfu Village, Shandong. The latest reports say a dozen people have been killed or wounded at the […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
“The management of employment is a great human and social responsibility, that cannot be left in the hands of the few…To cause job losses means to cause serious social damage…”-Pope Francis, hypocritically criticizing layoffs despite the fact the Catholic Church is shutting down church and charity operations […] Continue Reading…
22 August 2015 (10:50 UTC-07 Tango 01)/31 Mordad 1394/07 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/09 Jia-Shen (7th month) 4713
“China is our third largest market by volume and is critically important to the future growth of our business.”-Muhtar Kent, ceo
Even with the brakes being applied to the Chinese economy United States based drink maker Coca Cola announced it […] Continue Reading…
22 August 2015 (03:39 UTC-07 Tango 01)/31 Mordad 1394/07 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/09 Jia-Shen (7th month) 4713
U.S. farm vehicle maker Deere & Company (aka John Deere) reduced its profit expectations for 2015, saying they think sales will fall 21%. There was not mention of the fact that their production in Tianjin has been directly impacted […] Continue Reading…