1.   Or they call for streamlining the maze of municipal codes and the cumbersome approval process.

2.   They still had to go through a cumbersome approval process to transact financial matters involving foreign exchange.

3.   American Express applied to set up its new company under a rule change implemented this month that eases the cumbersome approval process for new brokerages, Inagaki said.

4.   It eliminates cumbersome prior approval by the government and, permit-purchases through licensed brokers as well as setting ownership limits.