1.  He issued a press release on Sunday hailing a decision by the Jerusalem municipal planning board to confirm its approval for his apartment project.

2.  Sanofi confirmed the approval early this morning in Europe.

3.  Glaxo added Thursday that it expects Wellcome to confirm its approval on Friday.

4.  Wednesday, the defense ministry confirmed final approval for building hundreds of other homes in an ultra-Orthodox town just inside the West Bank.