07 August 2015 (23:04 UTC-07 Tango 01, 06 August 2015)/16 Mordad 1394/21 Shawwal 1436/23 Jia-Shen 4713
“I took an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution and uphold the laws of Idaho! This seemed appropriate to show my support. I was going to make sure Mr. Arnold’s rights weren’t going to be breached.”-Daryl Wheeler, Bonner County Sheriff
The Obama […] Continue Reading…
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Alaska: The University of Alaska Anchorage eliminating 203 jobs! Administrators blame $13-million USD in taxpayer funding cuts caused by the crashing oil industry.
California: More proof the internet is not recession proof. San Francisco based food delivery internet company Good Eggs ending operations in all cities except San Francisco, 140 […] Continue Reading…
Another New York Sears Hometown is shutting down by September, this one is in Saranac Lake. The ‘independent’ co-owner said Sears Holdings forced them to shutdown: “We wanted to keep it open. We thought there’s potential in Saranac. Sears saw it differently. They came to us and asked us to shut it down……We […] Continue Reading…
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More proof you can’t blame the internet for brick-n-mortar shutdowns: After four years sexist women’s open source developer The Ada Initiative shutting down in October. It’s blamed on their inability to find an executive director who meets their feminist agenda.
California: In San Diego, after one year Table […] Continue Reading…
“How many more quarters of negative sales can you handle as a business without being forced to close? They’re not pumping cash into turning this into a real retailer or business, and merchandise looks sparse for the most part.”-Steven Azarbad, Maglan Capital, discussing why Sears Holdings is going to die
Eddie Lampert claims that somehow […] Continue Reading…
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Stop blaming the internet: Japan based Sony is ending its Online U.S. shop in August!
Alabama: Food Outlet shutting down their 27 years old Jacksonville grocery store. Administrators say new competition has “split our customer base in half”, combining that with increasing costs of operations it just wasn’t […] Continue Reading…
03 August 2015 (12:45 UTC-07 Tango 01)/11 Mordad 1394/16 Shawwal 1436/19 Jia-Shen 4713
For the past few weeks the Mormon dominated (74.5% according to census data) Gem State city of Pocatello has been running TV PSAs asking taxpaying residents to voluntarily clean out storm drains in their neighborhood streets. This comes after revelations of “abuse […] Continue Reading…
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Colorado: After 12 years con artists, I mean investment company Curian Capital stopped accepting new suckers, I mean accounts, and said they will shutdown sometime in 2016, at least 3-hundred jobs lost! Here’s their official reason for shutting down: “Given the industry-wide changes in technology, product offerings and market size, Curian […] Continue Reading…
03 August 2015 (20:19 UTC-07 Tango 01, 02 August 2015 )/11 Mordad 1394/16 Shawwal 1436/19 Jia-Shen 4713
“For a variety of operational security reasons, NSA does not disclose the full range of these relationships.”-NSA statement
It’s been revealed by the Salt Lake Tribune that in the past year and a half the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has […] Continue Reading…
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“…it’s unfortunate for employees that are put into this situation when it occurs, and you hate to say it, but typically investors reward stocks for these types of layoffs. Stocks react favorable to big announced layoffs.”-Brian Yarbrough, Edward Jones retail analyst
British Petroleum (BP) claims it lost $6.3-billion USD, and […] Continue Reading…