Layoffs, Closings and Other Signs the Economy is Tanking

This post is going to be one I update frequently.
12-12
Las Vegas hotels beginning to lay off.
GM temporarily closing 20 factories.
Homelessness is rising.

12-11

450,000 more kids are getting free lunches. 

People are actually paying their debts.

Jobless claims jump to 573,000, a 26-year high.

Scores, a NY strip club that opened in 1991, is closing. 

Chart of tech layoffs.

Retailers closing or filing bankruptcy.

Layoff blog

Tracking media layoffs (twitter). Another blog tracking media deaths. 

Bank of America to layoff 30k to 35k over next 3 years.

My neighbor was laid off. 

CEOs of company's laying off not cutting their own pay. 

More layoff news
NPR cuts staff and 2 shows.