31.   Shareholders from both Boeing and McDonnell Douglas are expected to approve the purchase when they meet in St. Louis and Seattle on Friday.

32.   Shareholders, who have disputed how to orchestrate the turnround, must approve the purchases.

33.   Smith also offered and received approval of an amendment that will prohibit the feds from retaining information on gun owners whose purchases have been approved.

34.   The agreement is akin to one that both companies struck years ago to offer a single system for approving credit card purchases in stores.

35.   The Berlin Senate approved the purchase last week.

36.   The board and a committee of the company have already approved the purchase.

37.   The boards of both companies have approved the purchase, expected to be completed in the fourth quarter.

38.   The firm said it will adopt a policy of having insider stock purchases approved in advance by the compliance committee.

39.   The purchase was approved by regulators and CyCare shareholders.

40.   The purchase was approved by the board, said Ms. Colon and two other board members.