Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alabama: In Dothan, after three years Dakota Coffee Works shutdown. The owner blamed skyrocketing costs of operations and crashing sales: “We’re about to run out of gas! Right now it’s doing about 50% of what it needs to do.”-Ron McGhee
Arizona: What housing market recovery? In Phoenix, Distinctive Roofing […] Continue Reading…
Badakhshan Province: In Drayam District, battles between Mujahideen and government forces resulted in at least ten people killed.
Ghor Province: National Directorate of Security (NDS) say they’ve arrested the man behind the killings of a German tourist, and 15 Afghans. NDS agents also accuse the man of laundering money for Mujahideen.
Helmand Province: In Lashkargah City, a Kamikaze […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of United States food supply shutdowns for the month of January, 2014: 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.
Walmart announced they will kill 23-hundred Sam’s Club jobs in 2014! About 1150 of those job […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Arizona: In Tucson, California based Intuit killing 200 jobs!
California: In Woodland Hills, tech company Intuit continues massive job killing, this time 120 employees! Company officials say it’s part of its shift to ‘cloud’ operations. In Yuba City, Valley Fine Foods laid off 30 employees. Company officials say they […] Continue Reading…
25 October 2014 (13:43 UTC-07 Tango)/01 Muharram 1436/03 Aban 1393/02 Jia-Xu (9th month leap) 4712
The U.S. Department of failed State and the Israeli news media report that a 14 years old U.S. citizen was shot dead by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the Israeli controlled West Bank.
It happened yesterday. IDF initially reported they had prevented […] Continue Reading…
A Kmart in California, with 102 employees, is shutting down just in time for Xmas! Local news reports said the store began liquidating merchandise at the end of September, but only now has it become obvious the store is shutting down. I checked the California WARN postings and discovered there are no Worker Adjustment […] Continue Reading…
“China has good systems and capacity in place to respond quickly should any case or possible case of Ebola be detected here.”-Bernhard Schwartlander, UN World Health Organization
China: Officials are spending an additional $82-million USD to fight ebola. It’s the fourth time China has spent big bucks, despite criticism from ‘western’ countries who so far […] Continue Reading…
Farah Province: In Farah City, four women were found on a road, shot to death. Police suspect they were shot for committing adultery.
Ghazni Province: Afghan National Army (ANA) troops shot up a village. The Afghan Ministry of Defense promises to investigate but has imposed a news media blackout on the incident!
Helmand Province: In Greshk District, […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alabama: In Birmingham, clinical testing company LabCorp (aka Laboratory Corporation of America) laying off 57 people in October, is it because of Obama Care?
Arkansas: After 19 years the Swifton Community Center shutdown. It’s blamed on the bad economy.
California: In Menlo Park, after 40 years Tom Wing & Sons jewelers […] Continue Reading…
24 October 2014 (15:59 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/02 Aban 1393/01 Jia-Xu (9th month leap) 4712
“The Guard and Reserve are critical in order to ensure that the American people are linked-in to the operations that are being conducted. Operationally, we cannot execute sustained operations overseas unless we have the Guard and Reserve…….I have to get […] Continue Reading…