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...website called boycottalabamanow.com. But southerners ask who the hypocrites really are. "When the textile industry went down in the South and we were accused of being behind the times, we didn't ask for a bailout - we just had to reinvent ourselves," says John Jeter, a South Carolina author whose family owns a small chain of auto parts stores and whose new novel, The Plunder Room, examines the modern southern character. "So southerners feel it takes some audacity for northern businessmen who make millions to come holding out beggar's bowls for billions...
...South Carolina primary, held on Jan. 26, thus provided Obama with what Plouffe called a “moment of velocity”—a 28-point win and strong momentum going into the 22 primary contests held Tuesday...
...Florida was concerning to us,” Plouffe said, adding that if Florida’s primary had been held before Super Tuesday, “it might have mitigated all of South Carolina, and, in fact, we might not be the nominee...
...online bank. Morgan Stanley, which already has $36 billion in deposits, is selling billions of dollars' worth of new CDs and looking at other banks it might buy. "It's really changing the landscape," says Timothy Koch, a professor of banking and finance at the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business. "My recommendation to bankers is get all the capital you can, get all the liquidity you can, and lock in customers now, because they're going to have a lot of alternatives...
...domino fashion, revenue shortfalls are leading to cuts in services around the nation and across the board. At least 10 states, including Nevada, New York, Ohio and North Carolina, have reduced budgets by as much as 7%, with 10 more states considering such action. The pain is being felt from community colleges to prisons, from fire departments to courthouses, with major state responsibilities like Medicaid and elementary-school education taking hits...