Welsh Labour performed poorly in last year's local elections, shedding over a hundred seats and losing control of councils in its traditional heartlands.
Prudential, another large insurer, is down more than 11% in 2011, while Travelers is marginally down, shedding just over 1% since the start of the year.
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So why isn't anyone shedding any tears over the Dow's demise on Wall Street?
The regulator and governor are shedding no tears over lenders' losses.
Rolando, a young infantryman in our area of responsibility, won over local farmers by spontaneously shedding his equipment and helping them dig irrigation ditches one day while on patrol.
Whatever the practical challenges of trying to renegotiate Nafta, or, indeed, the truth of its negative impact on the US economy, criticism of free trade seems to strike a particular chord in blue collar, Rust Belt states, such as Pennsylvania and Ohio, which have been shedding manufacturing jobs over the past few years.
Between 2002 and 2007 the Jakobshavn Isbrae, a big glacier in western Greenland, retreated by 3km a year, shedding a total of over 36 billion tonnes of ice.
The Ministry of Defence is also shedding 32, 000 civilian staff over the next four years.
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Yonath's research has also revealed the precise modes of action of over 20 different antibiotics targeting bacterial ribosomes, shedding light on how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics.
The shedding of tears and outpouring of dismay over the demise of the beloved Twinkie has yet to settle down.
An economy that was shrinking by about 6 percent has now grown for five consecutive quarters. (Applause.) An economy that was shedding jobs every month now has seen over 2 million jobs created just in the last 14.
What they mean is that they are shedding off the image they've accrued over the last generation of being indifferent to or even intolerant of minorities.
Over the last decade, Heinz has undergone significant restructuring shedding its less profitable non-core businesses with greater resource focus on core products and brands, product development and marketing.
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Other blue bastions have been shedding jobs as well, both during the recession and over the whole decade.
Those firms are working hard to strip down their cost bases by shedding employees and minimising the risk of trading blow-ups over the next year.
Over the next decade, itchy, painful lesions spread across his body, shedding white flakes the size of cookie crumbs.
Weighing in at just over 4.5 pounds, the PlayStation 3 Superslim lives up to its name, shedding nearly three pounds from the Slim and 6.5 from the original (monstrous) 11-pound console.
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Meanwhile, bigger competitors Willis Group Holdings (nyse: WSH - news - people ) and Aon (nyse: AOC - news - people ) are shedding, or thinking about shedding, aspects of their insurance brokerage operations, having come under regulatory scrutiny over conflicts of interest.
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One full month since Rolston took over after Lindy Ruff was fired Feb. 20, the Sabres are showing inconsistent signs of shedding their inconsistent reputation.
Over time, the distance between Alejandro and me narrowed through compromises on both sides, through his shedding of some of his wilder friends and through my shedding of some of my Princess attitude.
After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500, 000 jobs over the past three.
"After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500, 000 jobs over the past three, " he said in his State of the Union speech.
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