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 operating loans and even climate change: “….challenges facing our industry and the liquidity constraints due to our indebtedness and the recent ice storm, we need to explore options to restructure our debt, recapitalize and position ourselves for future growth.”-Barry M. Barron Sr, CEO

Andrew Carnegie founded United States Steel (USS) killed 175 jobs in Canada!  Company officials said it was part of the plan to cut the costs of their operations around the world.

It’s been reported that U.S. Too Big to Jail banks shutdown more than 1400 offices in 2013!  The fat cats blame slow revenue growth and the cost of complying with government regulations (complying with regulations, yeah right!).  More shutdowns are planned for 2014.

Alabama:  In Courtland, International Paper continues its shut down of their factory, 500 jobs being killed!  When the shutdown is complete 1100 jobs in total will be lost!

California:  In San Mateo, it’s being reported by inside sources that two years old digital media company Avos is shutting down its HQ and laying off 80% of employees.

Colorado: In Denver, a longtime Kazoo Toys store shutdown.  The owner blamed it on greedy landlords and lack of parking for customers.  The Kazoo Toys store at the International Airport is still open.

Florida: In Lauderdale by the Sea, after more than 30 years Jo-an’s Papers & More shutdown.  The owner blamed paperless communications, although she admitted her sales didn’t start crashing until the ‘great recession’ began in 2008, so maybe it’s really the overall bad economy.  In fact, Barbara Winston Hansen said her sales dropped 50% in 2008, and never recovered.

Hawaii: In Kailua, after 17 years the Alpha Video store shutdown.  The owner blamed increasing rent and decreasing sales.

Illinois:  In Monmoth, Olivia’s Cookie Jar and Kitchen announced it will shutdown this year.  Owner, Rae Connolly, told local news media it was because of the suck ass economy.  Kankakee County warned of layoffs.  It’s blamed on controversial tax sharing deals with city officials.  But even officials in the Chicago area are accusing the county of stealing their tax revenues.

Indiana:  Hoosier Park Racing & Casino laid off 13 employees, due to a steady decline in revenues.

Iowa: In Bettendorf, another victim of the secret plan to shutdown all Hallmark gift stores: After 54 years Kile’s Hallmark shutdown, nine jobs lost.

Michigan:  The troubled and possibly thieving Saginaw School District warned of school shutdowns in order to save money.  The District is already being sued by one of its own board members, is already in the hole by $6.1-million USD, and last year it was forced by state officials to take over and shutdown the Buena Vista School District.  And even though Buena Vista School District is dead, the local residents are still forking over local school taxes to pay off $6-million in District debt!  I’ve written this before: Michigan is a failed state.

New York:  Too Big to Jail M&T Bank shutting down ten offices.  Key Bank warned of more closures.  Key Bank already shutdown 81 offices in 2013.  Its reported that publisher Time will kill 500 jobs this year (which is about how many jobs they killed last year)!  Utica City School District killing 94 jobs.  The District is in the hole by $6.4-million!  And this is despite the fact that the District is one of the rare few that actually has increasing student enrollment!   In Bronx, Visiting Nurse Service (VNS) CHOICE Community Care laid off 37 employees.   In NYC, Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care laid off six employees.

North Carolina:  In Charlotte, Kellogg shutting down its Famous Amos, Austin Sandwich Creme and Iced Animals factory, 195 jobs lost!  Kellogg has been shutting down factories in Australia, Canada and United States, but shifting production to southeast Asian countries under a operation called Project K.  After 48 years Arnold’s Family Restaurant shutdown, the co-owner said “It just feels like it’s time.” 

Texas:  Copperas Cove Independent School District killing 75 jobs.  The district no longer qualifies for the federal Heavy Impact Aid, which equates to a $12-million loss.  The aid is for schools located near federal installations like military bases.  However, 35% of the student population must meet certain qualifications, and apparently declining enrollment has resulted in not enough students to meet that 35% requirement.

Washington:  In Oak Harbor, the Kmart will be shutdown by April, 68 jobs lost.

Washington DC:  Howard University laying off 200 employees over the next few months!  The jobs are being outsourced.  University employees protested, but of course they were ignored.

Wisconsin:  A Kmart in Menomonie and a Kmart in Chippewa Falls  to shutdown, at least 100 jobs lost!  Product design and development firm Red Fusion Studios shutting down.  35 jobs lost, and many employees did not want their names made public because they believe it will prevent them from getting a new job!  It’s blamed on the loss of their biggest client, who without warning pulled funding: “Koss is pulling its funding and as they pay on the first of the month, RFS will not have the funds to make payroll on the 3rd….I am truly sorry. This has been a complete surprise to me……..”-Michael Pelland, Red Fusion CEO

01-03 February 2014: Massive Dollar store shutdown blamed on ObamaCare!

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 shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Yet another oil company claims to be in trouble.  Canada based Tuscany International Drilling filed chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States. The oil company claims to have lost a crap load of money last year, and is now $237-million USD in debt!

For profit college Bridgepoint killing 117 jobs due to crashing student enrollment!  The cuts will take place on campuses in California, Colorado and Iowa.

After 25 years Yankee One Dollar stores have failed and will close its remaining 25 stores in New York, Vermont and Massachusetts. About 200 jobs lost! Company officials admitted they started losing sales five years ago, but the final straw is Obama Care forcing the company to pay for expensive insurance: “I’m the only retailer in 25 years that hasn’t raised their prices. We were one of the few regional players left in the industry.”-Keith Flike, president

Swiss based legal drugs pusher Novartis announced 4-thousand more job cuts around the world, on top of those recently announced! Novartis has been getting into trouble around the world, because most of its drugs do not work! In Japan whistleblowers revealed that so called independent university studies on Novartis drugs were actually done by Novartis employees!

Alabama: In Montgomery, after 20 years of food and car shows Flip’s restaurant shutdown.  The owner blames skyrocketing insurance rates after an arson fire.

California: In Glendale, video game maker Disney Interactive laid off several hundreds of employees!  It’s blamed on the company’s inability to generate big profits.   In Carlsbad, the Hot Dog On A Stick restaurant chain is now bankrupt, 93 restaurants affected.  In Chula Vista, Target shutdown, 117 jobs lost!  In Cypress, Time Warner Cable laid off 72 employees.  In Panorama City, Ricon laid off 42 employees.  In Norwalk, Asplundh Construction laid off 83 employees.  In San Diego, Karl Strauss Brewing laid off 67 employees.  In Los Angeles, NBCUniversal laid off another four employees.  In Sunnyvale, Bayer Health Care laid off 34 employees.  At Camp Pendleton, tax sucker PKL Services laid off 37 employees.

Connecticut:  In Mashantucket, Craftsteak Foxwoods shutdown, 54 jobs lost.

Florida:  White Springs Agricultural Chemicals shutdown, 350 jobs lost!  God refused to stop the shutdown of Wellington Christian School, 50 jobs lost.   The Christian parents are pissed saying “Terrible. Out of the blue. Nothing. Just an e-mail to everybody. It was very upsetting.”  Another parent says they just busted their butts raising donations to save the school, and now they want that money back: “Sure, well, I don’t know about that honestly in terms of the last few days, but if the money was designated to save our high school that money should be returned to our families!”  However, greedy church officials now say that money is staying with the church!  The “interim” pastor says he wants to sell off the school property!  In Clearwater, the largest paintball maker in the world, KEE Action Sports, shutdown U.S. production.  109 jobs lost as the company outsources its work to other countries!  In Leesburg, Target shutdown, 82 jobs lost.  In Boca Raton, Global Tower Partners killed 62 jobs.  In Tampa, British empire run child prison G4S Youth Services/Riverside Academy shutdown, 130 jobs lost!

Illinois:  In Galesburg, Sears will shutdown in May, 46 jobs lost.  In Franklin Park, Philips Lighting Company laid off 81 employees.

Indiana: In Mishawaka, the Save A Lot grocery store shutdown.  Company officials blame the bad economy: “After having invested significant marketing and promotional support for the store, as well as fielding a great management and staff team, we’ve come to the realization we cannot anticipate a time when we will generate adequate sales to justify continuing operations.”

Michigan:  In Ann Arbor, after at least 64 years Blue Front party store shutdown.  The owners gave no reason for why they went out of business, perplexed city officials said the store was up to date on tax payments.  In Detroit, American Red Cross Detroit National Testing Lab shutdown, 118 jobs lost!

Missouri:  What automotive industry recovery?  The Dave Sinclair Lincoln Mercury dealerships now bankrupt.  It’s blamed on legal disputes with a Texas company.

New Hampshire: In Exeter, after 16 years the Jai Anlyn clothing store shutdown.  The owner said she realized that expensive clothes don’t sell fast enough, or in large enough quantities to pay the bills.

New York:  Two more Kmarts shutting down.  The CEO of Kaleida Health and Great Lakes Health Systems quit his job, as other company officials warned of massive job cuts.  Hospital officials said they must make drastic changes, because of Obama Care, that will affect its five hospitals and 13-thousand employees!  Already in December they killed 100 jobs!  In Rochester, Adecco Group shutdown, 75 jobs lost.  In Binghamton, SOURCECORP shutting down, 171 jobs lost!

New Jersey: In Westfield, after only two months upscale Grädde Swedish Restaurant shutdown!  The owners said screw this and are moving back to Sweden!

North Carolina:  Elizabeth City State University wants to kill 65 jobs.  The interim chancellor says the university must cut costs by $3.7-million USD per year!

Ohio:  In Cleveland, United Airlines will shutdown operations and kill 470 jobs: “Our hub in Cleveland hasn’t been profitable for over a decade, and has generated tens of millions of dollars of annual losses in recent years.  We simply cannot continue to bear these losses.”-Jeff Smisek, CEO

Texas: In Round Rock, computer giant Dell announced it will kill 15-thousand employees around the world, on top of on going job cuts!  Its being blamed on the new owners of Dell, who took the company ‘private’.  Those new owners apparently feel the computer market is crashing and Dell must radically downsize (“restructure”).

Washington:  Upscale Madison Park Conservatory restaurant shutdown.

Wisconsin: In Racine, God refused to stop the shutdown of Christian bookseller Treasures Media.  The owner says he will try selling on the internet.  In Milwaukee, Diversified Machine shutdown, 218 jobs lost!

Wyoming: In Gillett, after 40 years Mike’s Hardware shutdown.  The owners blame it on road construction that killed customer traffic.

31 January 2014: Homicide by cop is killing jobs in New Mexico!

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 shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

What booming oil industry?  One of the world’s largest oil drilling companies, the now Swiss based but originally from Texas Weatherford International, announced it will kill 7-thousand jobs around the world in the first half of 2014!  The massive company (but still not bigger than Halliburton) blames declining revenues on “disruptions” to oil field work in the Middle East (yeah, disruption caused the ongoing U.S. instigated War on Terror), and bad weather in North America.  Oh, but never mind that fact that the company formerly based in Weatherford, Texas, is being fined $250-million USD for violating economic sanctions imposed on Iran and Syria!

Arizona: In Tucson, Nimbus American Bistro & Brewery shutdown.  In  Marana, Monkey Business restaurant shutdown.

California: Massive healthcare job cuts across the Golden State, as RAS (Radiological Associates of Sacramento) shutdown operations in dozens of cities!  RAS is being re-consolidated into Sutter Health in February.  Despite news media claiming nobody would lose their jobs, state WARN say differently: I counted 519 layoff WARN notices due to “Closure”!  A brand new tech company is already killing hundreds of jobs.  Rocket engine company Aerojet Rocketdyne announced it must kill 225 jobs in the Golden State!  It’s blamed on debt created when it took over Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne back in June 2013.  In Brawley, Leucadia Beef shutdown their factory, 1300 jobs lost!  Company officials say the higher prices they have to pay for cows is killing their profit margin.  In Long Beach, school bus contractor Atlantic Express laid off 149 people!  In West Sacramento, Blue Chip laid off 27 employees.  In Los Angeles, at the International airport McDonald’s laid off 68 employees.  In San Diego, Optimer Pharmaceuticals laid off three employees.  In Chino, Senior Operations laid off nine employees.  In Santa Cruz, after 60 years Western Appliance shutting down in March.  The manager blamed Costco and lack of competion: “Now TVs, there’s no money in it.  Costco makes money on memberships.  There used to be 60 to 70 [appliance makers], now there are five.  It’s a little monopolistic.”-Dale Burdick

Colorado:  Legal drugs pusher, California based Amgen, killing about 200 jobs as it “idles” its anemia drug factory (aka Building 20)!  It’s strange because Amgen has been making profits, and demand for its anemia drug is up.  The idling of the Colorado factory was planned last year.   Is this a false flag op to drive the price of the drug up even more?

Georgia: In Macon, the Georgia Children’s Museum shutdown.  The operators blame the continued lack of funding: “We have struggled. We have always struggled.  We figured this was probably a good placed to end it……We were not going forward in the way we wanted. We could not line up the funding to offer the services we wanted.”

Iowa: In Sioux City, Premium Pet Health shutdown, 45 jobs lost.

Maryland:  MedStar Health killed 131 jobs!

Michigan: In Roseville, Book-A-Million shutdown, the manager admitted sales were way down.

New Mexico:  In police state controlled Albuquerque, after 30 years La Esquina restaurant shutdown.  The owner, Roy Venaglia, blamed the bad economy saying “I think Downtown is weak.  The phone company is gone. PNM is smaller. The gas company, they’re gone. It’s just a weird atmosphere that is getting a little scary!”  Of course, who wants to do business in a city where the U.S. Department of Justice proved that the city cops were routinely and intentionally killing people on a massive scale!

New York:  Carthage Area Hospital laid off 90 employees, and warned more layoffs are in the works.  The hospital also laid off at least 29 employees in 2013.  In Irving, TLC Health Network/Lake Shore Health Care Center shutdown, 438 healthcare jobs lost!  In Orangeburg, Wenger NA shutdown, 48 jobs lost.  In NYC, Barnes & Noble bookstore on 105 fifth avenue shutdown, 56 jobs lost.  The massive Pastis Restaurant shutdown, 200 jobs lost!  The property owner claims they have to renovate the building.

North Carolina: In Bowling Rock, Broyhill Home Collections store shutdown.  The company owner, Furniture Brands, is now chapter 11 bankrupt.

Ohio: In Shiloh, after 85 years metal parts maker Voisard Manufacturing shutdown, more than 100 jobs lost!  An unnamed employee said the company was so broke that those employees still owed vacation pay might not get it.

Oregon:  Clackamas County laid off 25 employees from three primary health clinics.  The county health department is short $10-million USD!

Pennsylvania: Kindred Hospital Easton shutdown, 105 jobs lost!  The hospital specialized in long term care, the Obama Care plan actually penalizes hospitals for doing so!  In Fort Washington, Ocwen Financial Corporation laid off 243 people!

Vermont: In Wolcott, after 56 years Buck’s Furniture shutdown.  The original owner retired in 2013, his daughter took over but she now says the economy is so bad there’s no reason to continue the business.  In Stowe, after many decades Lackey’s Variety Store shutdown.

29-30 January 2014: Massive tech & video game industry job cuts! 

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 shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013