Asked to respond to Livingston's announcement that he would run against Gingrich, Kamins said that "without criticizing Mr. Livingston, Mr. Gingrich's character is such that he would have been supportive" of Livingston if the situations had been reversed and Livingston had been under fire following Republican losses in the mid-term election.

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Just make sure the policy offers protection against accidental damage and theft, and given the events of this week, that losses from fire and water damage are also included.

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Tony Blair had decided some time ago, the theory goes, that his cornerstone policy of modernising the public services was going to require job losses in the fire service.

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When comparing insurance policies, make sure they cover a wide range of losses, such as fire, theft, breakage and loss through the mail.

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Mr Carroll may now be forced into a fire sale of his assets which could crystallise massive losses at the banks before NAMA has a chance to take over the toxic loans.

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Crude oil prices slashed earlier losses Thursday afternoon, following reports that Saudi police opened fire on protestors in the town of Qatif on the Persian Gulf, according to TradeTheNews.com.

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The PlayBook tablet has a similar design as Kindle Fire, but it does not have the content to help offset any losses on the hardware.

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But the combined effect of the fire-first-ask-questions-later management approach is to increase the severity of job losses in a downturn.

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Chairman and Chief Executive James Dimon had to fire the guys not in the room: low-level traders closest to the bank's trading losses.

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