Starbucks announced today that starting tomorrow they will be cutting 6,700 jobs and closing 300 stores. You know the economy is horrendous when Americans are no longer willing to pay $5 for cup of coffee. Overpriced caffeinated drinks is an American way! Kidding. Revenue fell to $2.62 billion from $2.77 billion, while analysts [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Recession’
NO MORE STARBUCKS! WHAT THE……
Posted in Economy, tagged 700 jobs, Coffee, Howard Schultz, Lay offs Starbucks, Recession, Starbucks 6, Starbucks closing on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Holy Bloody Monday! The Recession Strikes Again
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 000 jobs, 50, Bloody monday, Caterpillar 20, CNN Money, Home Depot 7, ING 7, Pfizer 800 jobs, Recession, Sprint Nextel 8 on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CNN just posted this article on the jobs which have been cut already this week and it’s Monday. As a person who’s about to be unemployed this scared the living crap out of me. Keep reading….. Bloody Monday: More than 50,000 jobs lost Six companies announce massive job cuts in a scary start to the [...]
Weekend Update: Recession Victims
Posted in Economy, Money, Politics, tagged Boeing, Hertz, Lay offs, Macy's, Motorola, Neiman Marcus, President Obama, Recession, Saks, Virgin Mega store, Walgreens on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
During the week, for some reason, I decided to keep a list of business’ who are laying employees off or are filing for bankruptcy. The following are this week’s Recession Victims. My sympathies to those who are now having to find the unemployment. Hertz – Laid off 4,000 employees Motorola – 4,000 employees [...]
The recession can help the world…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CFL light bulbs, mother earth, Recession, recycle, save money, sustainability, vacation tips on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a funny thing, being a “tree hugger”, but nowadays that term isn’t such a stigma. We live in a world where the consequences for the way we’ve been treating it, is not a far and distant future. If you read the news, watch TV or heaven forbid know someone who has directly been affected [...]
Gerald Celente- Modern day Nostradamus
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bankrupt, Fox Business, Gerald Celente, Great Depression, Iraq War, Nostradomous, Obama, Recession, Starbucks, Tax Revolts on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“If Nostradamus were alive today, he’d have a hard time keeping up with Gerald Celente.” — New York Post Gerald Celente is a genius who cannot be brushed off as a hack. He is the CEO of Trends Research Institute, a company that prides itself on being watchful and thoughtful about how what we’re doing [...]
All Hail the Recession! Plus Tidbits of Deliciousness
Posted in Music, Shopping, tagged Beverly Center, Recession, Sales, Shopping, Tegan Quin, The Weepies on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know, I know it’s wrong to laud the recession but today I seriously benefited from poor store sales. Every year around this time, i.e. my birthday, I go on a small shopping spree. This stems completely from several stores sending me “Birthday” coupons. Plus, I was bored. Every store I went to had some [...]