On 13 January 2013, it was revealed that the Warminster Kmart, in Pennsylvania, will close on 17 March. 85 people will be unemployed.
On 09 January new Sears Holdings CEO, Eddie Lambert, bought more than $13 million USD in Sears Holdings stock. Up ’till then he already controlled 62% of stocks in the company.
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10 January 2013, the Israeli Defense Ministry building was ground zero for a car bomb explosion. At least ten people wounded.
However, Israeli officials are avoiding calling it an act of terrorism, instead saying: “The main direction of suspicion is it was criminal.”-Micky Rosenfeld, Tel Aviv police
Witnesses say they saw someone on a motorcycle place […] Continue Reading…
02 January 2013
A report says U.S. President Barack Obama authorized 450 drone (UAV) strikes in Afghanistan in 2012, double from the year before. Afghans take it as proof the United States is losing the war: “Unfortunately, they think they can win this war by killing civilians. Actually, these attacks are revenges from the loss […] Continue Reading…
10 January 2013, in all the reports about Sears and Kmart closing down, we forgot the other one; JC Penney.
It all started in 2011, when JC Penney closed down all catalog stores. They also closed down five department stores in Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina and Virginia. A ‘Home Store’ was closed in Georgia.
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“It’s very fast moving and very contagious.”-Jennifer Robertson, Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Utah
09 January 2013, U.S. main stream media reporting that the cause of increased norovirus cases is a new version. In December 2012 I reported that Japanese health officials reported a new strain that was sicken thousands of Japanese. In March 2012 […] Continue Reading…
“…I have to tell you that I’ve now been in two large city emergency departments in two days, and I’ve never seen anything like this in the United States”-Nancy Snyderman, medical reporter NBC Nightly News
On 09 January 2013, the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, declared a public health emergency, because of influenza. The Bay State […] Continue Reading…
“The consumer is 70% of GDP. If growth is decelerating, how are you going to have (retail) growth? You’re not, you’re going to go on closing stores.”-Howard Davidowitz, Davidowitz & Associates
09 January 2013, another Kmart down. This time in Alabama.
The Anniston Kmart had been in operation since 1973, and was the city’s oldest ‘big […] Continue Reading…
For the end of Gregorian year 2012 Japan reported 3,134 “noticeable” earthquakes. That’s about 1,000 more than the yearly average (from 2001 to 2010).
The Japan Meteorological Agency says 60% of the quakes are considered aftershocks of the 11 March 2011 disasters. Of course, 2011 was the year Japan experienced the most noticeable quakes, with […] Continue Reading…
“A lot of tourists don’t have cash on them, so they have to get euros and don’t know where to get them.”-Fluger William Hunter, tourist from United States
The Catholic country of Vatican City is now cash only. (Vatican City is the world’s smallest country)
All credit/debit card payments have been suspended, and ATMs have been […] Continue Reading…
While the U.S. Congress couldn’t get its act together over spending and taxing issues, they had no problem passing a new National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal Gregorian year 2013.
Then, without much attention from the main stream U.S. media, President Obama signed NDAA 2013 into law on the evening of 02 January 2013.
From all […] Continue Reading…