What Happened With South Carolina Company Earnings in 2015? .....They Are Down 48% From 2014 ..... When Earnings Decline Like This, Employees Eventually Get Laid Off ..... Employees of South Carolina Businesses And Younger Citizens Should Rise Up and Vote En Masse For Bernie Sanders' Political Revolution

From both the superb Google Finance website and US Company SEC filings, below here are the reported US GAAP Real Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for the most recently reported 9 Months Ended September 2015 and 2014 for each of  the 10 South Carolina HQed Companies with current stock market capitalizations of more than $100 mil and with December Year Ends:

				Nine	Nine
				Months	Months
				2015	2014
				Net	Net	Increase	Increase
			Most	Income	Income	(Decrease)	(Decrease)
South Carolina Largest Companies	City	State	Recent	(Loss)	(Loss)	Amount	%
Market Cap $100 mil or More	HQs	HQs	FYE	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
With December Year Ends
Domtar Corp	Fort Mill	SC	Dec 14	85	360	(275)
3D Systems Corp	Rock Hill	SC	Dec 14	(59)	10	(69)
Blackbaud Inc	Charleston	SC	Dec 14	19	23	(4)
Benefitfocus Inc	Charleston	SC	Dec 14	(50)	(49)	(1)
Southern First Bancshares	Greenville	SC	Dec 14	7	5	2
Denny's Corp	Spartanburg	SC	Dec 14	27	23	4
Carolina Financial Corp	Charleston	SC	Dec 14	11	7	4
Regional Management Corp	Greenville	SC	Dec 14	16	11	5
Sonoco Products Co	Hartsville	SC	Dec 14	194	178	16
South State Corp	Columbia	SC	Dec 14	74	54	20
Total all 10				324	622	(298)	-48%