Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of February, 2015: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) February Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade shows continuing […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: The day after I wrote that state Employment Development Department stopped posting WARNs, BOOM, now there’s a whole lotta new WARNs posted! Apparently a lot of companies were late in notifying state administrators about their layoffs and shutdowns! In Santa Monica, International Coffee & Tea issued a […] Continue Reading…
Despite shutting down stores and laying off thousands of people over the years, supposedly because of lack of money, it was revealed that Kmart gave $17.5-million USD to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital at the end of 2014. In exchange one of the hospital campus buildings was named after Kmart.
In Florida, the property where […] Continue Reading…
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What housing market recovery? “The number of future foreclosure auctions scheduled in January continued to increase in many states, foreshadowing more foreclosure spring cleaning to come in the next several months…”-RealtyTrac
Arizona: What building construction industry recovery? The Grand Canyon State lost 43-hundred construction jobs in 2014, the […] Continue Reading…
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“The identity of the kidnappers is not yet known, but in general when foreigners are kidnapped it is a hallmark of al-Qaeda.”-Colonel Mohammad Hizam, Yemen Interior Ministry
Ever wonder why so many ‘western’ citizens are being kidnapped inside countries torn apart by civil wars? […] Continue Reading…
“Be very careful when someone says they’ve extended the life expectancy by 20 years in Afghanistan. That’s baloney! They don’t collect data. They don’t collect birth and death rates…..The American taxpayer deserves an answer.”-John Sopko, U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)
Balkh Province: Germany announced it will force its taxpayers to pay for building […] Continue Reading…
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Alabama: Georgia based EarthLink laid off 110 people in Anniston and Arab!
California: It’s being revealed that the thousands of jobs held by U.S. citizens, that Southern California Edison killed off (and continues to kill off), actually went to LEGAL immigrants with H-1B visas! In Sacramento, Practice Yoga shutdown. The owner, Jim […] Continue Reading…
Former executive with Cerberus Capital Management, Justin Dye, is the new Albertsons-Safeway chief administrative officer.
It was revealed that the 22 years manager of the Pacifica, California Safeway, Rick Galarza, was transfered without notice: “It was quick and sudden. I found out Friday afternoon that I was needed in Redwood City. There wasn’t much time to say […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alabama: Obama Care forcing Alabama Psychiatric Services to shutdown. 250 jobs lost and 28-hundred patients affected! Administrators say Obama Care created a situation in which Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama pushed the majority of people into more expensive insurance plans, and effectively killed off most of Alabama Psychiatric Services business! […] Continue Reading…
18 February 2015 (00:41 UTC-07 Tango 01)/28 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/29 Bahman 1393/30 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712
The neo-imperialist government of Japan talks big about not tolerating terrorism, but the latest pics out of North Africa and the Levant reveal that Islamic State (DAISH, al-DawlA al-Islamiya al-Iraq al-SHam[Syria]) has received fleets of brand new Toyota […] Continue Reading…