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The people of South Carolina’s coast to the Midlands, deliveries stock on Monday as Hurricane Isabel churned toward country.

The equipment and boutique hotels Standing reported cases, while companies continue preparations in case of emergency.

“You call it, we sell - all related to bad weather,” said Patrick Allen, general manager of Lowe’s on Harbison Boulevard.

Patrick reported strong sales of wood against-plated, generators, water cooler, barbecues, security lighting gives assault and other goods.

Lowe’s headquarters is located in North Wilkesboro, NC, is also planning distribution in case of Category 3 hurricane strikes the coast, “said Patrick.

Democratic presidential candidate some last-minute campaigning in South Carolina Friday wooing women and black voters a day before primary school.

Avant-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama focused on their messages to voters rather than attacking each other, since in the past.

A new McClatchy / MSNBC poll out Friday showed that Obama, in total, South Carolina, but his support for white Democrats fell during the week up 10% to 20%.

Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, the third place, white is published to support Obama lost.

Edwards sought to highlight the infighting among its rivals by an intensification of this week.

In Florida, the race of Tuesday’s high-key missions is tense between Arizona Senator John McCain and former Dir Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani Trails different.

All campaigns have been Republicans in the state on Friday.

Florida Senator Mel Martinez was expected to approve on Friday, McCain, who reports Associated Press, a step that is likely Republican presidential candidates a decisive impetus with the State Cuban-Americans.

The decision is a blow against Giuliani, former mayor of New York in a close battle with McCain for the support of voters in the town Cuban-American to maintain its candidacy and keep him alive.

Two Republican officials are revealed in the next note AP on condition of anonymity to avoid anticipation of the announcement.

On Friday, Clinton told NBC’s Today Show, it must respond in the form of benefits in kind after the attacks Obama, even if they prefer to keep the race for the Democratic presidential nomination focused on their differences on issues of public order.

“I am not trying to attack first, but I defend itself, I did counterpunch,” said Bill Clinton. “I tried to make that choice must be in the future. Is it quite legitimate for comparisons and contrasts created. Remember, I both Senator Obama and myself have clearly indicated that we want to do, what we would do our country. It was obviously an incredibly intense campaign. … But I want to state clearly that our campaigns have helped to stay focused on what you know the differences are legitimate, we can also voters. ”

The election campaign in South Carolina, as Clinton seemed business as they told the voters of their objectives as president.

Obama Walking is a race delicate line of South Carolina, open to the call by voters, while black desire not tagged as “The Black candidate.”

Its success or failure to decide, help his party presidential nomination, and could be a strong influence on the general election, if it prevails on Bill Clinton.

Blacks covers a large portion of voters Democrats in the deep South, he said, and it could help Obama win a handful of primary colors, including South Carolina.

But the most Obama is seen by a lens of race, moreover, it could hamper the case in other countries, particularly those in which voters are not ready to support or unusual black candidates.

Obama’s aides have acknowledged the dilemma, it is inevitable that the first black president viable candidate.

Friday, Obama has spent much of his time to reach women voters, representing 60% of Democratic voters in South Carolina.

He poured his appearances with references to women in his life.

“Women are a great burden,” he declared in a Women’s Economic Round Table “set stage for a dinner in Charleston. I know because I was a single mother.”

He was a member of the organization of several Charleston-area women, spoke of the challenges to cast their young children, pay bills and watch their older friends struggle with drugs sold on prices.

Edwards, meanwhile, disputes between Clinton and Obama.

He joked with several hundred people in a restaurant in the northwestern part of the country since the struggle between the two.

Edwards said he had as asking the two to dinner with him in a relative’s house.

“So we had the debate on Monday night in Myrtle Beach … and we have seen the petty cash all personal quarrels, “said Edwards.” This is perhaps the way they do politics in New York, it may be the nature and the way in which policy Chicago. South Carolina But it is better than that.

Edwards has followed a consistent Clinton and Obama polls in South Carolina, we are going to the Saturday before the primary and he fights to ensure that what belongs to a context of the campaign between the front-runners, without increasing the box on race.

State regulatory authorities are concerned that many homeowners of South Carolina could be more difficult to buy insurance for their homes in the coming years.

And these regulators Confederation homeowners to find happiness insurance may be victims of higher costs to protect their homes by disasters such as hurricanes.

Despite Hurricane Andrew’s $ 18 billion devastation of South Florida, during the last year and Hurricane Hugo $ 4.2 billion to strike the Carolinas in 1989, South Carolinians even easier to find owners House prices in insurance, they are accustomed.

But there are warning signs, what could be changed. Already an insurer South Carolina - Columbia-based Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina - was stopped writing homeowners policies in the state and 6400 has forced its members to find a new insurer.

Reinsurance - insurance to buy insurance policies for protection against disasters - is increasingly expensive for insurers in South Carolina.

The financial losses from Hurricane Andrew, which can be calculated in two ways: in the brain, dull aggregation of billions of dollars or sudden change in living conditions and plans of people like Jose Garcia.

The 27 years, Mr. Garcia is a Yuppie Homestead, ambitious and highest increases. The eldest son of immigrant farm workers, have settled here, it began as a manual of 16 workers, but he worked his way up to the top producers of ornamental plants in a large flower garden ‘ children while studying botany at the school at night. He married last May, and he and his wife, Shana, assistant director of a flower shop near the shopping, savings were for the future. The plan was for the first time to buy a stake in a company, buy a house and raise a family.

But the storm had torn the roof of their house rentals and almost all their possessions destroyed, a loss that Mr. Garcia estimated at more than $ 10000, which is not covered by insurance. Its savings of nearly $ 1000 were spent to pay bills and buy supplies replacement after the hurricane. For now, he lives with his mother at home, where members of 30 families have taken shelter. “It is a big setback for us”

“It is a big setback for us,” he said. “Our plans for the purchase in a store to buy a house and a family is probably a few years back. We have at our belt and start again. ”

The wealth and income lost because Hurricane Andrew impact on the economy in southern Florida and its inhabitants for years in a kind of fashion, which appear gradually. What is the situation depends in part harmful to the Confederation, as much aid, money and bank financing insurance for households and businesses prejudice to the storm and how the money is coming quickly.

“But it is a loss of wealth, because Hurricane Andrew, which is never easy to replace,” said John Godfrey, chief economist of the bank Barnett, Florida’s largest bank.

The consequences of Hurricane Hugo Hit of South Carolina Year 1989, suggests that the effects this may have important consequences. Households recovered only 45 percent of their losses in 1991, while the company has recovered better at 80 percent, a study by the University of South Carolina Business School said.

The Post-Hugo research that people who suffer most classes have been working poor and families who are still struggling against the hurricane.

“The effect is a great redistribution of income,” said Douglas Woodward, an economist at the Business School. “The rich are not necessarily rich, but they are well insured and that good in the end, as they were before. In the middle of class, some people are injured. But others, especially in the construction trade, cash on reconstruction Boom. And unfortunately, the poor get poorer. ”

The recent debate over the “loss” of Hurricane Andrew, plans $ 15 billion to 20 billion dollars, tends to the storm in the economic effects. This is because these estimates are available for the value of physical assets - buildings, houses, roads and crops - destroyed by the storm. These estimates include no loss of revenue lost by companies, either closed or delayed on long after the hurricane, or households in which job losses. “It made me again”

For example, Philip Matalon is president of flora Fancy Inc., $ 4.7 million years producers of plants of the house, north of Homestead. The damage to its buildings and facilities he estimated at $ 6.3 million, with approximately $ 1.8 million, which are not covered by insurance. He dismissed 100 of its 120 employees. His skeleton team has already started rebuilding the factory raises flattened.

“But I will be at least 18 months to return to full employment,” said Matalon. “And financially, so I was again three years or more.

Working-Class men and women employed in agriculture and services in the south-Dade County, were severely affected by the hurricane. They are generally not as well assured that the rich and they often have little savings.

Fitz-Herbert Harris, a dentist in South Miami Heights, working-class clientele. He lost the roof of his clinic and $ 60000 has suffered damage from the storm, but it was not his main concern, as it is $ 25000 for a loan from the state of disaster, which is without interest for a period of six months.

Trade in shares Assurance America is so easily that day without any activity.

But this should not bother to Guy Millner, the small car insurer-president and controller of around 80% of the portfolio.

“It is an additional year to six quarters, for this company to more recognized,” he said.

Until then, America could still Assurance along a five-year expansion plan could more than triple the countries in which it operates.

In Meanwhile, the company may Atlanta on its assessment No 2 of players the best in Georgia in 2003. Insurance America, he received an increase of 27 percent of revenue compared to 2002 and cut its annual loss by 70 per cent.

South Carolina drivers and homeowners have new options for insuring their vehicles, houses and property. Houston General Insurance Exchange today announced that with the auto insurance and homeowners to consumers packages in the Palmetto State.

Houston General Insurance Exchange is a Full-Service damage and insurance vehicle accident on the property of their insured members - may refer to specific benefits, which fails to find with traditional insurers.

“In addition to home and self-protection, exclusive benefits of membership are troubleshooting for emergency vehicles Houston General provides identity theft Resolution Services, access to care and travel well more, “said Phil Ferrante, South Carolina Business Development Manager Houston General Insurance Management Company.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina encryption system is to save jobs in the Midlands and Pee Dee.

Competitors have cut a niche market that the Columbia-based insurance and insurance companies dominated, threatens 1500 jobs in an economy already hard. And competitors, which recently won two contracts away from the Confederation, Blue Cross SC calculation business.

Blue Cross, South Carolina, the largest private employer, “she said of finding work for at least 750 workers would otherwise lose their jobs during the next year by the loss of federal contracts.

And, said Ed-seller Chief Executive, the company is working to develop new models to save jobs of 750 other workers, bearing in mind the prospect of unemployment, if the contracts end of next year.

These jobs lost because the loom SC Blue Cross has been said in July and August, they lose a significant part of their Tricare business.

Tricare supported by the State is a military health insurance.

Blue Cross managed and processes for applications Tricare.

BlueCross’s domination at the last Tricare business - it currently has more than 80 per cent of the series - is significantly reduced during the next year. Blue Cross, but always keeping 50 percent of Tricare with a value of nearly $ 200 million per year to the insurer of Columbia.

What happens at Blue Cross SC is important that governments in the labour market.

ILA WINYAH OBJECTIVES Another chapter is apparently shortly before the writing in the fierce battle between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the union has not cold people Georgetown, Winyah Stevedoring Inc.

Winyah Stevedoring waves, if its port workers began loading ships, Nordana Line in 1999. The ILA was furious, and violence erupted Jan 20, 2000, a massive police force was seconded to the protection of workers Winyah.

Nordana finally dropped and Winyah fell in the ILA bend, but Winyah complaint filed against the Union always works its way through the courts.

The ILA, meanwhile, which recently announced that the process by trying to organize Winyah collaborators. Officials of the Union she said recently submitted applications to keep Union elections. An official did not return a call Winyah mail and messaging.

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For years, Policy Management Systems Corp. investors was to say that this is a growth. Many new customers outside must be of their products, the company based on Blythewood said.

But investors have begun to put this issue in the wake of devastating requests PMSC’s April reserve collapse.

The collapse came to PMSC said its first quarter profits would be lower than expected because the customer care were not willing to enter into contracts with software and services. PMSC said, customers were uncertain about the direction of the USA’s health system.

More than three months later, that uncertainty and therefore uncertainty about PMSC’s relations with customers.

Earlier this month, said PMSC the continuing reluctance of customers contracts would undermine its second quarter profits. The fact that messages sent PMSC share price sharply lower again, this time at least $ 30 per share, a fraction of $ 87-a-part course, that companies share Blythewood commissioned in March .

The drop in new questions about how PMSC has been able to diversify its client base.

PMSC computerizes the exploitation of damage and accidents insurer. It was a wild success in this area, selling products to over 80 per cent of USA to injury and insurers.

But it has matured. After three years of natural disasters, insurers do more to develop, they raise and business shrinks.

More than a dozen companies are advertising contracts married to use insurance policies for motorists risky than other companies and prevent the rule.

Monday, companies will be in Colombia to observe the commandments have sealed the opening of their markets for nearly $ 1 billion in business.

The three winners will be guaranteed a return on each premium dollar they pay in dollars and says that insurers for the South Carolina reinsurance mechanism, the state provides more risky driver.

The Company offers for work are not a guarantee of profits. This fact, the effectiveness of reducing costs. But observers agree that winners, even if today’s society, carry out the work for less money.

Declining costs, industry observers say, could save money for the State of the car.

Steve Hamm, the state in favour of consumers, believes that competition for market economies growing. The decline in operating costs of the factory is cheaper for everyone, “he said.