1.   The entertainment behemoth has said it would wait until shareholders in both companies approve the acquisition at separate meetings Thursday.

2.   One of these is where the acquisition of shares is approved by a majority of independent shareholders.

3.   BASF said U.S. antitrust authorities have approved the acquisition, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

4.   Boeing will be transformed again later this year if its proposed acquisition of McDonnell Douglas Corp. is approved.

5.   Both BT and MCI shareholders have approved the acquisition, and the European Commission signed off on the merger in May.

6.   After Italian regulators said last month that they would approve that acquisition only after certain conditions were met, Messier announced that Vivendi would back out of the deal.

7.   Canton approved the acquisition of the screenplay.

8.   Chicago-based Tribune, which wants to concentrate on its media business, said today it approves the acquisition.

9.   Clerical Medical is also mutually owned, meaning its policy holders own it, and they must approve the acquisition.

10.   Clerical Medical is mutually owned, meaning it is owned by its policy holders, who will have to approve the acquisition.