11.   Brieant, who gave preliminary approval to the agreement in January, said he will rule later on whether to give final approval.

12.   Cardoso may get a chance to narrow the gap after lawmakers gave preliminary approval to his plan to seek a second consecutive term.

13.   Colombian stocks rose for a sixth day after Congress gave preliminary approval for law that would lift a ban on extraditing drug traffickers to the U.S.

14.   District Judge William Orrick ordered that the details of the agreement be kept confidential until a hearing Wednesday on preliminary approval of the settlement.

15.   DreamWorks had obtained preliminary approvals for the project in October from various city panels, signaling that it had decided to forge ahead with the Playa Vista project.

16.   Each board voted its preliminary approval of the deal over the weekend.

17.   Earlier today, the Ex-Im executive board gave preliminary approval to financing arrangements for two China-related applications from American companies, Phillips said.

18.   En route to preliminary approval of the proposed change, House members killed three attempts to tinker with the way state district judges are selected.

19.   First, U.S. District Judge Richard Story must give preliminary approval to the pact, which could happen in a week or two.

20.   Four other Mexican banks and two securities firms have received preliminary approval to the two futures contracts.