"They are within their rights to call that out and demand that the contract or provisions of it be renegotiated or eliminated, " Mr. Glassner said.

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Donna Glassner, a clerk in a local hardware store, says she was surprised by the celebrations in the capital as the announcement of Bin Laden's death was made.

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Frank Glassner, CEO of San Francisco-based Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants, said new Securities and Exchange Commission rules would allow shareholders to push the company to get money back from his severance deal.

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