Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Newly created United Continental (aka United, formerly Illinois based United Airlines and Texas based Continental Airlines) announced it is killing 630+ union jobs at airports across the U.S. The airline company says they will now use cheaply paid sub-contracted workers. Some airports affected are Salt Lake City, […] Continue Reading…
Ghazni Province: In Ghazni City, a U.S. Army Specialist from Massachusetts was shot and killed by Mujahideen. Worcester Telegram & Gazette said he “was valiantly killed”, as if they were there and witnessed it. According to French news sources, Mujahideen launched their attack on the police-military compound with a massive kamikaze truck bomb explosion followed […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alaska: The city of Juneau eliminated 12 positions, due to being $6-million USD in debt. The hours for the library and museum were cut, and the bear awareness program was suspended, along with the adult basketball league. City officials say that even with the cuts next year […] Continue Reading…
“The last Sears Home Improvement call center is closing November 8th. My husband works there. Only people who were full time at the time of the announcement will be getting severance pay. The are lots of people who have been there 10 years or more and they get nothing if they weren’t full time […] Continue Reading…
12 September 2014 (23:59 UTC-07 Tango 11 September 2014)/16 Dhu l-Qa’da 1435/20 Shahrivar 1393/19 Gui-You 4712
“…we’re re-energizing that thing that we knew, and applying the new systems that are available to us. It continues what we’ve established over the last 10 years in Afghanistan and Iraq; it’s an opportunity for us to combine forces […] Continue Reading…
Farah Province: In Bala Bolok District, somebody beheaded a local religious leader. Local news reports say Mujahideen assassinated the Imam because he was actually a spy for the pro-Obama government. In Posht-e-Rod District, battles resulted in four local cops and one Mujahid killed. In Posht-e-Koh District, government officials accuse Mujahideen of attacking […] Continue Reading…
Sears Holdings’ stock has been downgraded to CC (aka Deep Junk) by Fitch Ratings: “The magnitude of Sears’ decline in profitability and lack of visibility to turn operations around remains a significant concern. EBITDA for Sears Holdings Corporation is expected to be negative $1 billion in 2014 and potentially worse in 2015, after turning […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: Who said the internet is killing brick-n-mortar businesses? In San Francisco, ebay owned internet movie-concert ticket seller StubHub! killed 100 jobs! Company officials refused to comment to local news sources. In Orange, Children’s Hospital of Orange County killed another 89 jobs. This is on top of the 61 […] Continue Reading…
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4700 block of North Lawndale Avenue: 38 years old woman stabbed 22 times, and killed. A witness says the attacker threatened his life if he told police. The cops called it a domestic violence case, an arrest has been made.
10900 block of South Racine Avenue: 34 years old man shot in the gut. […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced it will shutdown 82 distribution centers beginning in January 2015, thousands of jobs lost!
The USPS Gateway Station (aka CSMPC) in Pocatello, Idaho, survived past shutdown threats but made the 2015 Phase 2 shutdown list, 50+ jobs lost.It […] Continue Reading…