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Business/Economics

Iconic Coca-Cola says America is goin’ down!

26 December 2014 (16:20 UTC-07 Tango)/04 Rab al’Awwal 1436/05 Dey 1393/05 Bing-Zi (11th month) 4712

“We’re all living in Amerika, Amerika, ist wunderbar!……Coca Cola, sometimes War!”-Rammstein

2015: Atlanta, Georgia, based iconic Coca Cola announced it is cutting $100-million AUD from its Australian ops in 2015, killing off at least 250 jobs in the Land Down Under! Coca Cola already killed off at least 157 Australian jobs for 2014! But wait there’s more! Coca Cola is also killing off 2-thousand jobs in the United States, before the end of January 2015! Company administrators say the U.S. economy is so bad they’re forced to cut $3-billion USD by 2019!

But while Coca Cola is massively shutting down its ‘western’ operations, it’s spending bank in Palestine, despite an Israeli economic blockade.

2014: Coca-Cola shutdown a Montana bottling plant, with little notice.

Coca-Cola making U.S. National Guard sick?

In Sacramento, California, Coca Cola laid off about 47 employees. Last year they laid off 60 employees. 

Coca Cola shutdown a Missouri bottling factory, 102 jobs lost!

coca cola

2013: Coca-Cola shutdown a Wisconsin factory

Coca-Cola shutdown a California bottling op

2012: “December 21 should be the end of Coca-Cola.”

2011: Coca Cola raises prices

Coca Cola getting paid by Obama regime to send kids to school in China

China prevents Coca Cola from taking over Chinese companies

2010: From Russia to Coca Cola

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 01 – 05 December 2014: Is AIDS the new weapon of choice of the U.S.? Housing bubble bursting in Kabul! U.S. ally involved in counterfeiting? Proof USAID is a Global drug dealer!

Badghis Province: In Bala Murghab District, a U.S.-NATO  trained Afghan National Army soldier joined the Mujahideen and helped lead an attack on other ANA soldiers, killing six of them.  Mujahideen captured a FOB and all the weapons and ammo.

Baghlan Province: In Burka District, a Kamikaze bomber attacked a funeral procession, the targets actually being the cops guarding the procession.  At least nine people killed, and more than 20 wounded.

Helmand Province: UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, formerly known as United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) reports the U.S. led occupation of Afghanistan has created an “epidemic” of orphaned babies in the province.

Jawzjan Province: In Darzab District, Mujahideen attacked the police station killing four cops including the police chief.

Kabul Province:  The National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested five people from Africa who were distributing 3-million counterfeit Euros and U.S. Dollars in various parts of the city!  NDS administrators also say the suspects were trying to sell counterfeiting supplies originating from U.S. ally United Arab Emirates!  Obama regime puppet president Mohammad Ashraf Ghani says he will appoint new governors in the provinces of Kunduz, Badghis, Ghazni, Nangarhar and Helmand.  It’s because Mujahideen are kickin’ some big time ass!  At the same time Afghan news media reports that Ghani is actually holding secret peace talks with Mujahideen.  The Ministry of Public of Health is reporting the sudden appearance of HIV-AIDS after the United States occupied the country.  At least 1694 cases are confirmed this year and an estimated 4500 people are infected (this would be called Biological Warfare).  The reduction of foreign government personnel in the city is bursting the housing bubble: “…by the end of 2014 more foreigners will have left Afghanistan. The person who offered their house for rent for USD 10-thousand now is asking USD 5-thousand but no one will take it.”-Yasin, property manager

Kandahar Province: In Spin Boldak District, border police were ambushed, at least three killed.   In Sherzad District, Afghan government personnel supposedly called in a U.S.-NATO airstrike (drone), killing at least eight people.  An explosion was reported in Kandahar City, but no casualties.

Laghman Province: In Alishang District, villagers report they witnessed pro-U.S. government mercenaries (contractors) stop a taxi, then shoot and kill all but one of the riders in the taxi.

Nangarhar Province: In Khogiyani District, villagers report that pro-U.S. government forces kidnapped four people (two adults, two teenagers) then murdered them in an abandoned compound.

Zabul Province: A decorated U.S. Army Special Forces Staff Sergeant from Indiana was shot and killed by Mujahideen.

Iran wants to return 760-thousand Afghan refugees to Afghanistan, but the Obama regime Afghan government is trying to stop that!  The Obama regime Afghan government is begging Iran to allow the refugees to stay for at least one more year.  The United Nations says there are 1-million Afghan refugees in Iran.

Germany has announced it will force its taxpayers to give Afghanistan another 430-million Euros (668-million USD) into 2016.

Rolling Stone magazine has an indepth article on how the U.S. terror group known as USAID has turned Afghanistan into “a nation ruled by drug lords”!

Public Radio International (PRI) reports that there is no help for the estimated 1.6-million drug addicts now in Afghanistan, and they cite the U.S. government for the data!

More proof that corruption begins with the United States: “Our job is to oversee all of the money spent on reconstruction by any agency of the U.S. government in Afghanistan. Up to now that amounts to $104 billion– more than we have spent in any country in the history of the republic……We have made 89 arrests, issued 106 indictments and won 76 convictions. We have reached civil settlements totaling $14.8 million, issued fines and penalties of $16.9 million and have saved or recovered $492.4 million……We can’t impose controls ourselves….People ask me how much money has been wasted….So much money been spent and we haven’t looked at every contract….between $5 billion and $10 billion a year going to support the Afghan government, going to salaries and roads, to support the military. Plus, there is still over $14 billion that has been authorized and appropriated but not yet spent. So money is in the pipeline and it’s going to continue…”-John Sopko, U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, interviewed by The Wall Street Journal

The Army National Guard’s 379th Engineer Company (Massachusetts U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 252nd Engineer Company (Pennsylvania U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

The Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing (Oregon U.S.A.) returning from Afghanistan.  They managed $33-million U.S. tax dollars in projects.

26 – 30 November 2014: Bird bombs?

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 22 – 23 October 2014: “…time for us to consider a fundamental change….there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight.” Martha Stewart NYC exodus bigger than 1st reported! More Sears & Kmart shutdowns!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Arizona:  Scrap book store Paper and Metal Scrappers shutdown.  It’s blamed on health problems.

Arkansas: The administrators of Fort Smith city are pissed off because the economy is not recovering for them, an undisclosed number of taxsucking city jobs will be eliminated: “It may be time for us to consider a fundamental change in our General Fund services and the number of employees. We have experienced this fiscal stress for at least 6 years, and there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight. The increasing frustration with the budget difficulties year after year may have to be solved by re-evaluating our ability to sustain current service and employment levels in the General Fund…..Over the last few days, we’ve had to reduce General Fund spending requests by $1.7 million to get to a 7.5% ending balance. And, those figures don’t account for any pay adjustments. If pay adjustments are included, the needed reductions become $2.6 million. We don’t have many vacant General Fund positions. The police dept. has frozen 8 patrol officer positions for the last 2 years, and will likely need to do so in 2015 in order to meet their budget targets.”-Ray Gosack, administrator

California: Sears Holdings announced the Rocklin Kmart will be shutdown, 63 jobs lost.  In Newbury Park, legal drugs pusher Amgen issued a WARN saying they will kill off 349 jobs just three days before Xmas! It’s all part of Amgen’s plans to kill off a total of 29-hundred jobs by the end of 2015!  Company administrators say things are so bad they might have to break the drug pushing operation up into smaller parts. In Redding, ‘couples’ media op XO Group issued a WARN saying they will shutdown in January 2015, at least 113 jobs lost!  In San Jose, Supertech-Microchip issued a WARN saying they will layoff 83 people just two days before Xmas! In Fallbrook, Obama Care forcing Fallbrook Home Health and Hospice to issue a WARN saying they will shutdown just three days before Xmas, 37 jobs lost.

Connecticut: Sears Holdings announced the Torrington Kmart will be shutdown, 73 jobs lost.

Florida:  In Miami, another iconic bar shutdown. After 101 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Tobacco Road Bar being shutdown by the greedy property owner, who refuses to renew the lease.

Michigan: Administrators at Spring Arbor University are blaming what I call DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome) on their planned elimination of jobs.  As a private Christian college they are not required to reveal just how many Christians will become jobless.  In Grand Rapids, the Diplomat Pharmacy on Fulton Street shutdown.  Local news says company administrators refused to say why, but it sounds like the compounding pharmacy is consolidating ops.

Minnesota: Rochester Public Schools announced that 17 tech employees will become jobless by January 2015.  But here’s an odd thing, the school district also said there will be 19 new job openings in the same department!  The laid off employees are basically being forced to re-apply for employment, and if they get re-hired it’ll probably be for less pay.  That’s the wisdom of our education system.

Mississippi: The Department of Transportation announced they will render 44 Appraisals and Titles employees jobless by the end of January 2015.  MDoT administrators are blaming it on lack of work.

New York:  In Long Island, after ten years the Communitea coffee shop shutdown, the owners saying “We have been unable to renew the lease…”   Frank Adams Jewelers shutdown their profit making store in Saratoga Springs, saying the logistics of managing multiple stores was too difficult.  Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia finally revealed that 114 NYC jobs are being killed off.  Earlier media reports said it was at least 50 jobs, but Martha Stewart finally issued a WARN stating 114 people will become jobless in January 2015!  The Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center sold off its Chronic Dialysis Centers in Bay Shore and Lindenhurst, at least 102 jobs in limbo!  Sears Holdings announced the Massena Sears and Auto Center will be shutdown, at least 51 jobs lost.  Sears Holdings announced the Auburn Sears and Auto Center will be shutdown, at least 51 jobs lost.  In Pearl River, legal drugs pusher Pfizer issued a WARN saying at least 16 people will become unemployed by December, the company is trying to cut costs.

Ohio: Oberlin College told three HVAC engineers to take a big cut in pay and become janitors or become unemployed!  College administrators called it a “opportunity for voluntary layoff”.  It’s blamed on the the college’s switch from coal heating to natural gas.   Butler County eliminated 14 jobs by shutting down the Family Connections operation, as well as five other Children Services jobs.  County administrators are contracting out the jobs to save money as a result of the radical changes in Medicaid payments caused by Obama Care.

Oregon: Netflix announced they’re shutting down their Hillsboro DVD call center by June 2015, at least 188 jobs lost! Netflix says if their Oregon employees want to stay employed they must move to a call center in California or a live streaming center in Utah.

Pennsylvania: Administrators of Franconia revealed they’ve culled 10 jobs, including six cops.  One paranoid police sucking resident (Carrie Horchuck) told local news media “I pay taxes for a reason. I want to feel safe.”  Let’s just bring back the massive police state known as the Soviet Union, and ship all you paranoids to the glorious USSR so you can feel safe.  Read the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. was not created so you can feel “safe”!

Vermont: In Richmond, after 14 years the Bridge Street Cafe shutdown. The owner said “I’m an old man” and his even older mother wants to live in Florida.

Virginia: In Altavista, after only four years investment management company Intersections announced it is shutting down its call center in December, 77 jobs lost.  Administrators blame a “decline in revenue caused by changes to the regulatory environment and financial sector”.

19-21-october-2014

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 19 – 21 October 2014: No more toilet paper as 1000+ jobs are flushed? More Sears & Kmart shutdowns!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: Sears Holdings announced the Huntsville Kmart will be shutdown, 73 jobs lost.

California: In Burbank, Disney issued a WARN saying they will kill off 60 Walt Disney Pictures jobs in December.  In Fallbrook, Obama Care forcing Fallbrook Hospital to issue a WARN saying they will kill off 365 jobs in December!  In El Segundo, Hacienda Hotel says they will temporarily shutdown in December, 28 jobs lost.  In Hollywood, after 32 years the iconic Cat & Fiddle restaurant shutdown by the greedy landlord: “Looks like the landlord would prefer a chain to move into this gorgeous building instead of having us here. The landlord lives out of town and doesn’t really know Hollywood. He just knows Hollywood is booming and he can get a heck of a lot more money.”-Ashlee Gardner, co-owner of restaurant

Delaware: In Stanton, after 58 years Pearson’s flag store shutdown.

Illinois: In Buffalo Grove, after almost 30 years Winberie’s Restaurant & Bar shutdown.  Sears Holdings announced the 52 years old Bloomington Kmart will be shutdown, 79 jobs lost.

Indiana:  Sears Holdings announced the Greenwood Kmart will be shutdown, 78 jobs lost.

Iowa: Farm equipment maker Deere continues job killing, this time 462 people in Waterloo are now jobless!

Kansas: 80% Japan based SoftBank owned cell phone service provider Sprint revealed how many more jobs it will kill off: 452 jobs just at its Overland Park HQ!  Sprint has already killed off 477 Overland Park HQ jobs earlier in 2014!

Kentucky: In Greensville, after almost 40 years Uncle Lee’s sporting goods store shutdown, 90 jobs lost.

Louisiana: Rhode Island based taxsucker Texton Systems will render 200 people in Slidell jobless in November!  Local news reports said the local city administrators hoped the layoffs at the military vehicle factory was temporary.  The Times-Picayune moving its printing ops out of state in 2015, affecting at least 100 jobs!

Massachusetts: In Newbury, God refused to stop the shutdown of the 187 years old Community United Methodist Church.  Church officials blame it on crashing membership (rapture?).

Michigan: Sears Holdings announced the Iron Mountain Kmart will be shutdown, 54 jobs lost.

Minnesota: Lakeside Foods announced it will kill 90 jobs at its Plainview factory in November. Administrators blame it on the loss of a contract with Hormel Foods.  In Duluth, after 12 years the Brownie Furniture store shutdown.

New York: In NYC, Turner Broadcasting said they will begin layoffs in January 2015.  In Flushing, Korean Plaza food store issued a WARN saying they will shutdown by December, 60 jobs lost.  In Brooklyn, the operators of music venue Grasslands announced it will shutdown after New Years Eve.  In Buffalo, the Pizza Plant restaurant shutdown because of the greedy landlord: “We couldn’t come to terms with the landlord on a lease.”-Bob Syracuse, owner

Pennsylvania: Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown the Lebanon, Chambersburg, Bloomsburg, Frackville, King of Prussia and Pittsburgh Mills Sears stores, 465 jobs lost!  In Gettysburg the operators of the Civil War museum, Soldiers National Museum, said they are shutting down in November.  They blame crashing visitation. After 35 years the K-9 Corral Jeans & Western Wear store shutdown.

Texas: Irving based toilet paper and disposable diaper maker Kimberly-Clark announced it will kill off more than 1-thousand jobs after October!  Kimberly-Clark is also spinning off its health care division, known as Halyard Health.

17-18-october-2014

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 17 – 18 October 2014: Golden State kills off 1000+ jobs after Natives lead armed insurrection! More proof the internet is not killing brick-n-mortar stores!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California:  Yet another internet clothing retailer going down?  From “America’s Fastest-Growing Retailer” to becoming a fast killer of jobs ModCloth let go another 50 employees.  Back in July they let go 70.  An unnamed spokesperson said “While our company is still growing faster than the industry as a whole, we have been impacted by the broader downturn affecting the retail sector.”  In San Francisco, after 20 years the Eagle Donuts shop shutdown. The owner said her sales could barely handle the rent increases, but when the price of milk, sugar, and even minimum wage for employees went up, her donut sales couldn’t handle it anymore.  In Santa Anna, THINK Together issued a WARN saying 77 people will become unemployed before Xmas.  In Coarsegold, Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino shutdown by state and federal administrators, without notice, 1034 people are now unemployed!  Local news reports say there is some kind-o confrontation between two tribal factions over control of the casino.  State and federal administrators ordered the casino shutdown after a second armed invasion of the  casino took place.  Many customers have pre-paid for future events to be held at the resort-casino and say nobody at the government level will answer their questions about getting their money back.  The shutdown is supposed to be temporary.  In Magalia, after 44 years the Paradise Pines Golf Course shutdown.  The property owners blamed skyrocketing utilities and property taxes: “…we have not had a qualified buyer to date and we had to come to a decision, and that decision was at the end of the month we’re closing the golf operations. The rounds of golf were not adequate to support ongoing operations and expenses…”-Bob Fortino, ceo

Colorado: Outdoor clothing and camping gear maker GoLite now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  They owe lots-o-money to lots-o-Chinese companies.

Illinois: In Arlington Heights, after 34 years Classic Oak Designs furniture store shutdown “…due to the sale of the building and untimely death of its longtime owner.”

Indiana: In Elkhart, after 111 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Lilly’s Party supply store shutdown: “I think as a result of the economic downturn, people’s shopping habits changed radically, and they don’t shop the way they used to. They don’t spend money on parties the way they used to. They still come to us for the big events, but we can’t live on just the big events. We need the little ones in between, too.”-Sarah Snyder, owner

Maryland: Too Big to Jail NBRS Financial failed and was taken over by the FDIC and Howard Bank.

Minnesota: After 31 years the Albertville Creamery Antiques shutdown.

Montana: Evil Coca-Cola shutdown their Great Falls bottling plant, with little notice. Local news reports said that employees were threatened with the loss of their piddly severance if they went public with how many people lost their jobs. Coca-Cola administrators claim they will help some employees transfer to other bottling plants. In Bozeman, Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown the  Kmart, 37 jobs lost.

New Hampshire: Grade school education assessor Measured Progress actually regressing when it comes to jobs; 40 people laid off.  Company administrators blame the bad economy.

New York: Too Big to Jail First Niagara Financial Group revealed they are shutting down 17 offices starting in January 2015!

North Carolina:  What housing market recovery?  Winston-Salem based Too Big to Jail BB&T (Branch Banking & Trust) revealed it began culling 800 jobs, mainly mortgage related, across several eastern states back in September!  News reports say BB&T has warned since 2013 of the need to reduce jobs relating to home mortgages.  In Tarboro, one of the largest wire and cable manufacturers in the World laid off 100 people!  Administrators of Superior Essex blame the demise of the landline phone.  Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown their Cary Towne Center Sears, 66 jobs lost.

Ohio: Strongsville Schools announced they will layoff at least 25 teachers over five years.  Administrators blame DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome).  The district has lost 1724 students since 2004!

Pennsylvania: Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown their Pittsburgh Mills mall Sears Grand store and Auto Center, 97 jobs lost.

Utah: CML Mines ended production at their Comstock Mountain Lion ops, at least 127 jobs lost (they laid off 24 people in March)!  Company administrators blame it on the crashing price of iron ore.  Union Pacific railroad is now threatening a lawsuit over unpaid freight shipments.

Virginia:  In Fredericksburg, after six years the Pinkadilly Tea restaurant shutdown. The owner, a former worker in the mortgage industry, blamed it on crashing sales.  In Norfolk, newspaper The Virginian-Pilot announced it will eliminate 32 jobs by the end of December, blaming crashing advertising revenues.

15-16-october-2014

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

U.S.

Sony is not an ‘American’ company!

21 December 2014 (04:20 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Safar 1436/30 Azar 1393/30 Bing-Zi 4712

The threats made supposedly by Korean (north) hackers against Sony  were not threats against a U.S. corporation, despite such statements by U.S. news media and politicians.  Sony is Japanese.  Korea and Japan are mortal enemies.

In 1989 Japan’s Sony took over the U.S. movie companies Columbia and Tri-Star.   Sony renamed them Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1991.  In 2005 Sony took over iconic U.S. movie maker MGM.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is headquartered in California, but it is a Japanese company.  Sony Pictures’ computer  systems have routinely been hacked, so this latest hack job (and threats) should be of no surprise.  So why are the Japanese controlled U.S. executives of Sony Pictures pissing themselves, and why are so many U.S. ‘officials’ so concerned with protecting yet another foreign corporation?

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 15 – 16 October 2014: “Hey! We all just got laid off! Thanks!” Obamacare off-shores U.S. jobs! Martha Stewart lies to her employees and joins massive exodus from NYC? The economy tells LOTR ‘You shall not pass!’

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: Warner Brothers administrators revealed they must kill off an undisclosed number of movie industry jobs in order to save at least $200-million USD per year!  Sunnyvale based AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) revealed they will kill off 700 jobs around the World, blaming crashing sales of computers!  Sunnyvale based internet company Yahoo confirmed it will kill off at least 80 jobs in the country of Jordan, and 400 jobs in the country of India!  Reports say Yahoo will kill off jobs in other countries as well, due to the suck-ass World economy.  In Chatsworth, Albertelli Law issued a WARN saying 66 people will become unemployed before Xmas.  In Rancho Cucamonga, intravascular imaging medical company Volcano Corporation issued a WARN saying 170 people will become unemployed before Xmas!  In San Diego, The Active Network issued a WARN saying 65 people will become unemployed before Xmas.   In Santa Clara, Bon Appetit Management issued a WARN saying they will shutdown in November, 97 jobs lost.  In Modesto, Olam Spices issued a WARN saying they will kill off 242 jobs before Xmas!  In El Centro, Sears Holdings issued a WARN saying the Kmart will shutdown in January 2015, at least 75 jobs lost.  Unnamed former employees revealed that Obama Care is forcing American Medical Response (owned by Envision Health) to save money by shutting down its Salida billing center and move it to Philippines, 200 U.S. jobs lost!

Georgia: Atlanta based CNN (Cable News Network) revealed they will kill off 300 jobs across the United States!  It’s part of the massive job culling by owner Time Warner-Turner Broadcasting.

Indiana: In Newburgh, after 32 years the popular Pizza Chef restaurant shutdown.  What automotive industry recovery?  In Mishawaka, taxsucker, and maker of the (in)famous Hummer, AM General laid off 60 people.  However, the company had actually recalled 200 people earlier in the year due to increased demand for the military general utility machine.  In Muncie, after 18 years Party Wizards announced it will shutdown at the end of December.

Iowa: In Des Moines, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo shutdown an office laying off 28 people.  The California based bank continues to report profits.

Maine: Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown the Presque Isle Sears in January 2015, at least 63 jobs lost.

Massachusetts: Maker of Lord of the Rings video games Turbine (owned by Warner Brothers [see above California] and formerly known as Turbine Entertainment Software, Second Nature, and CyberSpace) admitted to killing off jobs, but refused to give a number. Obama Care has caused Southcoast Health to layoff 70 people.  Administrators say their 2014 revenues are down 3% due to pro-insurance industry Obama Care.

Minnesota: In Rochester, Barnes & Noble announced they will shutdown after Xmas.

New York: South Buffalo Charter School laid off eight teacher assistants, apparently they were determined to be ‘excess’ employees.  In Batavia, Alpina Foods laid off 32 people, without notice. Administrators blame it on the sudden loss of a major yogurt contract.  Pharmaceutical company (legal drugs pusher) Forest Laboratories revealed it will shutdown seven facilities by mid 2015, in the cities of Commack, Farmingdale, Hauppauge and New York.  Number of jobs lost has not been revealed.  The druggy company sold out to Actavis, which is apparently moving operations to New Jersey.   In NYC, magazine publisher Condé Nast to layoff as many as 80 people, blaming lack of advertising sales.  And it was revealed that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia killed off at least 50 jobs.  The news was leaked by Confitenti and shocked the employees of Martha Stewart, who indicated that company administrators had been leading them on to think everything was fine at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.   Also in NYC, RBC Capital Markets-Global Arbitrage and Trading issued a WARN stating they were getting the hell outta New York!  Company administrators say they’re moving ops to New Jersey in 2015, affecting at least 1-thousand jobs!

North Carolina: What housing market recovery? In Greenville, Georgia based maker of carpets (and other household flooring) Mohawk Industries announced they will shutdown in December, 56 jobs lost.

Tennessee: In Knoxville, at least 23 people now unemployed after the two decades old Metro Pulse newspaper decided to consolidate publications.  The news was announced by the victims, I mean former employees on social media: “Hey! We all just got laid off! Thanks, @knoxnews and @EWScrippsCo!”

Texas: In Arlington, after ten years The Shoppes at Brownstones to officially shutdown at the end of December.  It was revealed that the shopping center (which replaced a much, much longer lived and successful skate rink) totally failed back in June and was foreclosed.

Virginia: State administrators warned they will probably kill off 565 employees due to crashing tax revenues! No shit Sherlock, that’s what you’re supposed to do when you’ve screwed up the economy by letting big unAmerican Corporate America kill off millions of good paying-tax paying jobs!  State administrators revealed that the economy is so bad in the Old Dominion State that they’re short $2.4-billion!  Oh wait, I forgot to tell you that the evil politicians also plan on raising taxes on top of the job culling! (that’s not what you’re supposed to do, unless you want to guarantee a failed state!)  In Richmond, iconic state run horse racing track Colonial Downs threatening to go down in November, due to some kind-o dispute.  State administrators said they would counter by jacking up your taxes!  To quote Bugs Bunny: “What a bunch a moroons!” 

13-14 October 2014

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 13 – 14 October 2014: “…they’re all gone, they’ve ceased to exist.”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California:  What automotive industry recovery?  In Sacramento, Harrold Ford car dealer gave state employment administrators a two days notice of laying off 120 employees!  The WARN posting says reason “Not known at this time”.  In Pleasant Hills, Save Mart announced their Lucky grocery store will shutdown in November, 65 jobs lost.  Save Mart administrators blamed the “intense nonunion competitive environment”.  After 48 years The San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper shutdown, blaming “the economic reality”.

Colorado: The WOLF Sanctuary now bankrupt busted due to the High Park fire.

Illinois: Chicago based CME Group announced it will kill at least 150 tech jobs in order to control “expenses”.  The announcment made investors happy.

Indiana: In Fort Wayne, after 38 years a Time Corners Pizza Hut on Covington Road shutdown due to crashing sales.

Iowa: Six Des Moines area CherryBerry self serve yogurt stores shutdown. Apparently the self serve concept didn’t playout, as the owner said sales totally crashed since last summer.

Louisiana: New Orleans based Peter Mayer Advertising laid off 40 employees after losing a big Century Link contract.

Maryland: In Ellicott City, after 36 years the owners of the Shanty Grille (Crab Shanty) announced they will shutdown after Xmas. The owners called the bad economy a losing uphill battle.

Massachusetts: What automotive industry recovery? Boston based Hill Holiday advertising laying off employees after losing GM’s Cadillac contract.

Nevada: In Las Vegas, only a few months after opening the SLS resort hotel, operators are now laying off an undisclosed number of employees due to lack of business.  The SLS is the result of a $415-million USD remodel of the old Sahara casino.

Pennsylvania: O’Hara Township based Giant Eagle supermarket shutdown in-store child care service at 61 stores across Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Texas: After 113 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Coppel based ALCO (formerly Duckwall-ALCO) is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and liquidating all 198 stores across the United States, at least 3-thousand jobs lost!  In Addison, Too Big to Jail Bank of America laying off another 75 employees.

West Virginia: After 36 years Winfield Hardware shutdown.   One of the founders of the store said it was the last locally owned hardware store in the area: “We had one in Nitro, one in Poca, one in Eleanor, one in Winfield, and they’re all gone, they’ve ceased to exist.”-Ronnie Matthews

10-12 October 2014

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

International

False Flag Blow Back: Iran warned Australia for decades, yet Australia protected known terrorist, until yesterday!

16 December 2014 (16:31 UTC-07 Tango)/23 Safar 1436/25 Azar 1393/25 Bing-Zi 4712

It turns out that the ‘terrorist’ that held Sydney, Australia, hostage was a known criminal and wanted by Iranian police, yet British empire Australian administrators refused to hand him over!

In 1996 the ‘terrorist’ fled Iran to Australia, to escape prosecution for embezzlement and operating a false flag travel agency.  Iranian law enforcers (working through InterPol) demanded Australia turn over the suspect, but Aussie administrators refused.

Reports out of Australia show the man had a history of psychological problems.  In 2008, Aussie Shia Muslims went to the Australian government saying he was a charlatan, after he claimed to be a religious leader known as an ayatollah.   He then switched to Sunni Islam, and claimed to support Islamic State, however, Aussie news media claimed the man was a “liberal” Muslim.  He is also suspected in the murder of his second wife and of being a sex criminal.

Maybe this man was really an anti-Iran terrorist who was using his false flag travel agency to sneak in U.S. and British empire supported insurgents into Iran?   Blow-back can be a bitch!

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 10 – 12 October 2014: “Because of the economy…the money wasn’t there.”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: The U.S. Army Fleet Support to layoff as many as 300 people at Fort Rucker, before xmas!  It was revealed by labor unions.  The aircraft maintenance contracts are based on the flying hours of Army aircraft, and since flying hours have been drastically cut (by 49-thousand hours) to save taxpayer money it follows that people will lose their jobs.

Alaska: In Fairbanks, after 68 years Larson’s Fine Jewelers announced they will shutdown after xmas.

California: Kroger announced they’re shutting down yet another Ralph’s grocery store, this time in Santa Clarita in November.  Taxsucking Boeing announced 139 layoffs for December at three locations!  In San Francisco, evil taxsucking British empire company BAE warned of 201 layoffs for September!

Florida: In Tampa, New York based ‘outsourcing’ company IQor shutting down beginning in December, 107 jobs lost!  In Cape Coral, after 50 years Lisa Lynn Dance World shutdown, the owner blames the suck-ass economy for disappearing students: “Because of the economy, the enrollment dropped and the money wasn’t there.”-Rita Rose Meyer

Illinois: In Galva, after 18 years pet food maker All Feed Processing and Packaging shutting down. Apparently they’ve violated many OSHA workplace safety rules.

Iowa: In Evansdale, video store Digital Dog Pound shutdown.

Kentucky: In Louisville, after 34 years the Saint Matthew’s Batting Cages shutdown.

Michigan:  Detroit Medical Center going to a new contracted janitor service putting 565 jobs at seven hospitals in limbo, right before xmas!  Unions are suing saying it violates current deals.

Missouri:  In Saint Louis, Boeing laying off 70 employees as part of the hundreds being laid off across the country in connection with crashing sales of its 777 airliner.

New Hampshire: Now bankrupt Apple computer-phone sapphire supplier GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) now hangs 900+ jobs in limbo!  Factories in Arizona and Massachusetts could be shut down in December.  Local Mesa, Arizona, news reports say GTAT got big time taxpayer breaks for setting up shop there.  GTAT was supposed to make unbreakable phone screens for Apple, but some reports say the screens didn’t work out the way they were supposed to.

New Jersey: Freefall Adventures skydiving now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, administrators blame the cost of repairs on two aircraft.

North Carolina: Poultry food producer House of Raeford announced they’re shutting down their turkey cooking factory by Xmas, 400 jobs lost! Company administrators say the cost to process turkeys for grocery stores has skyrocketed 250% since last year, and they know customers are not willing to pay for it! House of Raeford is also killing their contracts with 140 turkey farms! In 2013 House of Raeford killed 1060 jobs, again because of skyrocketing operating costs!

08-09 October 2014

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.