Marc Vlessing, a developer whose company, Pocket, builds homes for first-time buyers, recalls discussing a rejected application for planning permission with a German and an Italian colleague.

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For the first time in a decade, Merck has to pull an FDA application for a new drug.

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It is not the first time Flintshire council has considered an application for a truck stop at Caerwys.

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And although the application was rejected the first time, Mercy moved for reconsideration and won approval on April 21, 2004.

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Alcatel-Lucent, which owns Bell Labs, isn't committing to a time to market for the application, but analysts say the first uses of gesture control and virtual conferencing on wireless networks and handsets will arrive late next year.

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The price crept up by around 15%, putting it out of the reach of first-time buyers with no regular employment or payslips to back an application for credit.

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Additionally, for the first time ever, the Galaxy Note II will automatically sync photos and videos stored in Dropbox with the Gallery application.

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