Louisiana based Sandia Drilling, along with its Texas operations, now bankrupt. The company provides drilling services to the oil industry.
A Houston, Texas, piano dealer now out-o-business, becasue California based Sherman Clay & Company said they are going to focus on other money making schemes and “…end our nearly 143 year run in the piano retail business.”
In Montana, after 90 years of business the Saverud Paint Shop in Kalispell closed down. Even though the store survived the Great Depression of the 1930s, the current owners, Dale and Wayne Saverud, say this economic ‘recession’ is too much to handle! And 300 people out-o-work! A Texas based contract road construction company, Highway Technologies, shut down without notice! A Montana employee who’d been with the company for 28 years said “My boss said….he had gotten a call from his boss that says today at 5 o’ clock that we were done, everybody. You feel like you’ve been kicked in the stomach.”-Steve Zetterberg
It turns out that Highway Technologies ceased operations without notice and laid off about 90% of its employees country wide! Bankruptcy is in the works, with no explanation why.
The Eastern Oregon University eliminating 14 jobs and jacking up tuition by 5%. It’s blamed on declining student enrollment.
In Ohio, the Bedford Public Schools laying off 17 teachers. It’s blamed on declining enrollment and reduced state funding. The school district has been laying off employees since 2011.
Yes AOL is still around, but the internet company is laying off about 40 employees from its Patch division.
In California, video game maker, Trion Worlds, laid off 100 employees according to some reports! Company officials deny the reports, but did say people were laid off as the company moves from launching new games to development of existing games. And another advertising company getting hit hard. Goodby Silverstein & Partners laid off as many as 100 people! Company officials blame it on clients canceling contracts like rats fleeing a sinking ship.
Blockbuster video closed stores in Colorado and Louisiana. Its all part of the ongoing plan.
In New York, Big Picture DVD Superstore closed in Syracuse. The owner specifically blamed movies being watched on computers and cell phones. This was the last video rental store the owner had, after 30 years of operations. And after more than 40 years of business, Joe’s Dairy closed down in New York City. One of the co-owners said they’ve been “burned” by unAmerican corporate America: “We can’t keep up with everybody else. It’s not the way it was when we first opened the store. It was more family oriented. The superstores came into existence and they blew everybody away.”-Anthony Campanelli
In Pennsylvania, the Arcadia Boutique closed. The owners are expanding their other stores.
Several Hooters restaurants closing in Wisconsin. Its all part of the ongoing plan.
In Iowa, after 40 years of business The Nickelodeon Bar closed forever. The property was sold to a bank. And after 37 years Carter Lake Hardware & Variety shut down. The family run store even had a contract post office. The family says the economy sucks really bad: “The last five years have been really bad. We weren’t selling enough to go on. We were living from bank deposit to bank deposit. When you can’t even pay yourself, you’re done.”-Barb Melonis
In Hawaii, Sears announced the Kauai store closed. 40 people unemployed. In Honolulu the GGP owned Sears closed down, 327 people out-o-work!
Party Planner shut down in Webster, Massachusetts. The owner said after 25 years of running a business that’s almost consumed his life, he wants to retire. And yet another domestic spying company is laying off employees. This time provider of open sensor and big data processing systems, software and services for critical commercial, defense and intelligence applications, Mercury Systems laid off 142 people! Company officials blame it on reduced federal funding.
In Nebraska another nail in the coffin of alternative fuels. Ag Processing will permanently close their ethanol factory: “It just reflects the general industry trend of difficult economic times for ethanol plants.”-Matt Caswell
Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank have merged and are closing as many as 45 offices across five states, from Texas to Florida, beginning in August.
In Maryland, Comcast will layoff 145 employees in September! Comcast has been consolidating call center operations and laying off hundreds of people across the country.
What automotive industry recovery? Harley Davidson motorcycles laid off 140 full time and seasonal employees in Kansas City, Missouri! Company officials refused to give local news media a reason. Area Harley dealers told the media that sales are good, so they don’t understand the need for layoffs.