Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of February, 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.
Outback Steakhouse began shutting down 22 Aussie style restaurants across the U.S.A. The restaurants […] Continue Reading…
In Fairbanks, Alaska, a man was arrested after entering a Sears store with a pickaxe and a box cutter (oh a box cutter, I scared). A Sears employee says the man told him he was robbing the store and ordered him to call police! The man apparently waited for the cops at the tool […] Continue Reading…
Japan: A Canadian reporter (Japan’s NHK first reported him as a Japanese reporter), who flew from western Africa to Europe and then onto Japan, arrived at Tokyo International Airport with a fever and other signs of EVD. He is now in quarantine, medical officials the results of an initial blood sample are negative for ebola. The reporter […] Continue Reading…
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…