The commission's staff has already recommended approval, calling the benefits to San Jose substantial.
The purchase, which is subject to bankruptcy court approval, calls for Harvard to assume about $300 million of Breed's debt.
The deal, which still requires some last-minute international regulatory approval, calls for A&E Television Networks to acquire Lifetime Entertainment Services.
Experts say government offices prefer faxes because they generate paperwork onto which bureaucrats can affix their stamps of approval, called hanko.
The proposed settlement, which is contingent on court approval, calls for Xerox to make the payment out of its pension plan for salaried employees.
The French action affects members of the European Union as well as other countries in Europe that require a stamp of approval called a CE marking for medical devices.
Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa and chairman of the Finance Committee, who has been investigating the circumstances surrounding Ketek's approval, called the assertions about Ketek "very serious".
Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, is developing a good cholestoral drug that is scheduled to enter the final phase of study before approval, called phase three trials.
The merger, which requires shareholder and regulatory approval, calls for each share of SCI to be converted into 1.36 shares of Sanmina stock.
The plan, which is awaiting approval, calls for running commercials linking Mr. Obama to incendiary comments by his former spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., whose race-related sermons made him a highly charged figure in the 2008 campaign.
The budget set for approval calls for the Council to use nearly $400 million of its discretionary funds to restore other cuts proposed by the mayor, including the closing of 20 fire companies.
