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…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Arizona: After 29 years the Actors Theatre of Phoenix shutdown due to constricted cash flow, and tickets that were already sold off will not be refunded: “We made a lot of changes, and some things did improve, but it wasn’t enough. When we started putting all the numbers […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: Safeway announced they will shutdown one of their Vons grocery stores in Hemet by January 2015, at least 55 jobs lost. Only a year after ‘expanding’, Berkeley founded Peet’s Coffee & Tea shutdown all six Ohio shops, plus three in Pennsylvania and two in Michigan, without […] Continue Reading…
People who claim to be representatives of the Taliban/Mujahideen claim they were invited to China “For making relationship, enhancing ties and for the purpose explaining our stance, Taliban will continue to visit neighboring countries and world……Due to the sympathy with Afghan nation and Taliban, several countries have offered their assistance in solving the ongoing issue.”
Ghazni […] Continue Reading…
31 January 2015 (22:58 UTC-07 Tango 30 January 2015)/10 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/11 Bahman 1393/12 Yi-Chou (12th month) 4712
“It was a rough day on the market, in almost every sector. Do you believe the adage ‘As January goes so goes the rest of the year’?”-Sue Herera, Nightly Business Report
“…we’re just gearing up for the volatility […] Continue Reading…
31 January 2015 (21:40 UTC-07 Tango 30 January 2015)/10 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/11 Bahman 1393/12 Yi-Chou (12th month) 4712
Upscale Kate Spade announced it is shutting down all its two years old mid-scale Kate Spade Saturday women’s stores as well as all of its Jack Spade men’s stores!
Kate Spade will focus on its luxury elitist stores, Kate […] Continue Reading…
31 January 2015 (21:27 UTC-07 Tango 30 January 2015)/10 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/11 Bahman 1393/12 Yi-Chou (12th month) 4712
The new owners of the women’s clothing chain Jones New York Outlet revealed they are busted and will shutdown all 127 stores across the United States and Canada! They will end Jones New York wholesale operations as […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: MFS (Massachusetts Financial services) issued several WARNs saying they are eliminating jobs across the Golden State, at least 200 jobs lost by February 2015! Uniform and food service contractor Aramark issued several WARNs saying they are shutting down ops across the Golden State, at least 570 jobs […] Continue Reading…