Likewise, homebuilder NVR Inc. has also found itself in the spotlight after its Say on Pay ballot item was rejected by shareholders on May 3, 2011.

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Investors are watching for indications that the meeting discussed unified bond issuance for the euro zone at some point in the future, which is another item that Germany has thus far rejected, saying it is too early to create such bonds.

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Their staff devote a lot of time to photographing and uploading images and recording the color, shape and clay composition details for every item that is made, including samples that are rejected by clients and sent back for minor revisions.

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Alderman challenged the constitutionality of the law, since it criminalized his possession of an item within a single state where it was legal, but the Ninth Circuit rejected that challenge, citing a seemingly analogous 1977 Supreme Court decision called Scarborough upholding a federal law banning felons from owning handguns.

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