A Brazilian judge approved an offer by a Varig employee group to buy the debt-ridden carrier, which was once Latin America's largest airline.
The European Union approved an offer by E.On, the largest utility in Germany, to buy Endesa of Spain for 29.1 billion euros ($36 billion), adding its support in E.On's fight against a lower bid backed by the Spanish government.
MOSCOW — BP's board has approved an offer from the Russian state oil company, Rosneft, to buy most of BP's business in Russia for cash and shares in Rosneft, further consolidating Russia's control of its oil industry, an executive with knowledge of the decision said.
If and when elected, I strongly believe that in very short order the new board would, subject to its fiduciary duties, be approving an offer along these lines for its shareholders.
Mr. Kaira said the cabinet had approved an Iranian offer to partly finance the 490-mile-long Pakistan segment of a planned gas pipeline between the two countries.
The committee also approved an amendment offered by Representative Saxby Chambliss, Republican of Georgia, that would severely limit the Air Force's ability to cut the B-1 bomber force.
After lengthy debate, the committee approved an amendment offered by Representative Tom Allen, Democrat of Maine, that would allow the Pentagon to begin dismantling the missiles.
The House approved an amendment offered by Representative Tom Lantos, Democrat of California, that calls on the president to devise "a strategy for meeting the immediate and long-term security needs of Afghanistan".
The judiciary committee approved an amendment, offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, that is intended to narrow the proposal's reach somewhat and make it seem less blatantly unfriendly to the consumer, environmental, civil rights and public health interests that are trying to defeat the measure.
The boards, which had long sought to merge Cingular with AT&T Wireless, decided that they could not pass up on the chance and approved a final offer of $15 a share.
[A1.] Unocal Shareholders Accept Chevron Offer Shareholders of Unocal, the California-based oil independent, have approved a takeover offer from Chevron worth about $18 billion.
