13 February 2015 (09:15 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/24 Bahman 1393/25 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712
“It’s not really affordable. I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep it.”-Erica Cherington, disability case worker reacting to her new Obama Care premium after it was revised upward because of her income, she says it would be […] Continue Reading…
13 February 2015 (09:04 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/24 Bahman 1393/25 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712
You got Obama Care, you even got it subsidized so you’re paying little or nothing for it out of pocket. Now you file your tax return expecting a refund only to find out you owe money?!
According to tax […] Continue Reading…
Pennsylvania based Merion Capital is suing to force Cerberus-Albertsons to pay even more for Safeway. Merion Capital owned 4% of Safeway and doesn’t think Cerberus paid enough and is now exercising its appraisal rights. Three other hedge funds, Magnetar Financial, Muirfield Capital and Brigade Capital, are reportedly about to make the same appraisal rights […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alaska: The University of Alaska Southeast shutdown their bookstore, due to crashing revenues.
Arizona: After 25 years Phoenix based SkyMall now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. It’s directly connected to Xhibit’s bankruptcy. Xhibit took over SkyMall in 2013. Xhibit administrators say the Too Big to Jail banks refuse to continue […] Continue Reading…
Helmand Province: In Washir District, a van loaded with people going to a wedding ran over a landmine. Two people killed, three wounded. In Lashkar Gah, a U.S. drone killed six people. U.S. administrators claim one of those killed was released from Guantanamo Bay. It should be noted that they claim he had joined Islamic […] Continue Reading…
12 February 2015 (20:43 UTC-07 Tango 01)/22 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/23 Bahman 1393/24 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712
“They started shooting and they kept on shooting him!”-Carlos Sanchez, witness
“He turned around to take off running and the cops just shot him!”-Shannon Patrick, says cops blasted away at homeless man in front of her kids
“Fleeing from police […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alabama: In Huntsville, Colorado based Sports Authority announced they will shutdown their Bridge Street Town Centre store in February. JCPenney announced they will shutdown their Cullman Shopping Center store in April, 25 jobs lost.
California: In Los Angeles, old style clothing store Revival Vintage shutdown, the owner did not want to […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
What housing market recovery? Kingdom of Luxembourg based mortgage technology and outsourcing company Altisource Portfolio Solutions laid off more than 800 people from Massachusetts U.S.A. to India! Inside sources said it was to make investors happy. There are also reports that the former parent company, Ocwen, might lose its […] Continue Reading…
It’s been revealed that Shopko has taken over 14 failed ALCO stores, despite shutting down stores itself. Shopko administrators say the former ALCO stores are just the right size for its downsized Shopko Hometown format.
Apparently those 14 former ALCO stores are located in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas. Local news sources discovered […] Continue Reading…
More shutdowns of Alberstons, Safeway, Vons, United Supermarkets, etc grocery stores being revealed, now that the Cerberus Albertsons hostile $9.2-billion USD takeover (some reports say $8-billion while others say it was $9.8-billion) of the country’s second largest grocery store owner, Safeway, was finalized at the end of January.
Both Safeway and Albertsons were originally founded in Idaho […] Continue Reading…