05 February 2015 (11:15 UTC-07 Tango 01)/15 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/16 Bahman 1393/17 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712
After shutting down dozens of stores OfficeMax has sold off Office Depot, and not even for cash! Mitt Romney wunderkind Staples is the new owner of Office Depot after trading $6.3-billion USD worth of stocks for it! Reports […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alabama: After 38 years the Robert Moore & Co. Christmas Town in Mobile shutdown. Back in August 2014 the co-owners said their health was not so good and they better quit while they’re ahead.
Alaska: The U.S. Census Bureau reports 10,137 people left the state from July 2013 to July 2014!
California: […] Continue Reading…
“Ms. Hilchey decided the public should subsidize not only her utility bills but also her Kmart shopping…”-Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller
The number of crimes being committed at Kmarts are on the rise, most notably are thefts of jewelry and tools, and bomb threats (the most recent was in Santa Fe, New Mexico). But here’s […] Continue Reading…
04 February 2015 (14:50 UTC-07 Tango 01)/14 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/15 Bahman 1393/16 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712
Reports that 94 years old RadioShack is selling at least half its existing stores, and the most likely buyer is cell phone company Sprint (Amazon is another potential buyer). It’s part of RadioShack’s bankruptcy which could see the […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Obama Care will reduce doctor’s Medicaid reimbursements by 52.4%, beginning 01 January 2015!
Too Big to Jail United Bank announced it will shutdown offices in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
California: In Bakersfield, Canada based oil industry company Ensign Energy Services revealed it laid off 700 people back on 15 December 2014! […] Continue Reading…
03 February 2015 (16:25 UTC-07 Tango 01)/13 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/14 Bahman 1393/15 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712
“Parents who do not vaccinate their children should go to jail.”-Alex Berezow, pro-police medical state writer for USA Today (which might explain their crashing readership)
“The earth is round, the sky is blue and vaccines work.”-Hillary Clinton, a non-doctor candidate […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alabama: After 60 years Graysville Tire Store shutdown.
Arizona: 350 people lost their jobs at the Mineral Park Copper Mine! The owner of the mine, Canada based Mercator Mineral Park Holdings, went bankrupt in August. However, administrators for Mohave County are freaking out because there was apparently no warning about any […] Continue Reading…
03 February 2015 (10:39 UTC-07 Tango 01)/13 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/14 Bahman 1393/15 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712
“Media and technology are drastically evolving to keep up with today’s consumer. The lines are becoming blurred, and as you well know, our industry is converging at a faster pace than anyone predicted.”-Bob Lord, president of AOL
Reports coming […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alabama: After 30 years Ballard Stamp & Copy shutdown, the owner said it was “just time” to retire.
California: At Vandenberg AFB, L3 Engineering issued a WARN saying they will shutdown in February 2015, at least 91 jobs lost. In Sacramento, designer ‘art’ toy store Dragatomi shutdown their brick-n-mortar […] Continue Reading…
02 February 2015 (22:21 UTC-07 Tango 01 February 2015)/12 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/13 Bahman 1393/14 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712
The Visegrád Four (aka V4 Defense Cooperation Action Plan) is an alliance between Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. They are about to engage in their first NATO sanctioned war games.
V4 is also known as Visegrád Triangle. It was originally […] Continue Reading…