Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.
Barnes & Noble revealed their Nook book reader is losing steam, sales dropped 60% compared to the previous year! Now Barnes & Noble is killing an undisclosed number of Nook jobs, in order to come inline with “business realities”. (you know, the bad economy)
Florida: In Leesburg, local news media discovered […] Continue Reading…
Farah Province: In Bala Bolok District, more than 100 Mujahideen attacked police checkpoints. At least eight people killed, dozens wounded. Police admit the Mujahideen captured armored vehicles and weapons. Witnesses say the battles were so intense that 12 medevac helicopters were called in. Mujahideen claim they killed 60 Afghan police.
Ghazni Province: In Gilan District, major battles resulted […] Continue Reading…
18 May 2014 (13:37 UTC-07 Tango)/18 Rajab 1435/28 Ordibehesht 1393/20 Ji-Si 4712
5100 block of West Concord Place: 38 years old man bashed in the head and killed. Police call it “homicide”.
3400 block of West Madison Street: 30 years old man killed by an unknown man who walked up to him and shot him.
200 […] Continue Reading…
16 May 2014 (13:31 UTC-07 Tango)/16 Rajab 1435/26 Ordibehesht 1393/18 Ji-Si 4712
In February 2014, USAF officials suddenly announced they wanted to kill off the venerable A-10 Thunderbolt 2 (unofficially called Warthog). Since then many politicians, veterans, current personnel of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, and even state National Guard units (who operate the […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.
What automotive industry recovery? Sweden based Volvo said they lost so much money at the end of 2013 that they will now kill 4400 jobs around the world in 2014! And that’s on top of the previous 2-thousand job cuts announced at the end of 2013!
Japan based Sony […] Continue Reading…
15 May 2014 (03:30 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Rajab 1435/25 Ordibehesht 1393/17 Ji-Si 4712
According to Chinese news media, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a “substantial” statement regarding a new Sino-Russia pact.
Putin will visit China for the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia on 20-21 May.
15 May 2014 (02:49 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Rajab 1435/25 Ordibehesht 1393/17 Ji-Si 4712
“I’m just dying to know why this happened and who approved it, because it was a dumb idea!”-Jim Conca, former WIPP employee
Investigators have discovered what might have created the chemical reaction explosion that “disturbed” one ton ballast/containment bags in New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant […] Continue Reading…
14 May 2014 (14:09 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Rajab 1435/24 Ordibehesht 1393/16 Ji-Si 4712
200 block of West 116th Street: A 15 years old boy was shot at least twice, and killed.
4100 block of West 28th Street: A man was found shot dead, less than a block from his home.
4100 block of West Adams Street: A man […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.
It was revealed by inside sources that Radio Shack will shutdown at least 500 U.S. stores by the end of 2014!
Furr’s Fresh Buffet restaurant chain now chapter 11 busted. 2-thousand jobs affected! There are Furr’s restaurants in New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Company officials blamed lack of […] Continue Reading…
11 May 2014 (13:30 UTC-07 Tango)/11 Rajab 1435/21 Ordibehesht 1393/13 Ji-Si 4712
Eddie Lampert has announced more stores to be closed down, some reports say as many as 500 more! The Chicago Tribune reports that since 2010 at least 305 stores have been shutdown. Lampert stated “sometimes you need to go backwards to go forwards.”
Two […] Continue Reading…