Statement: "The financial position has improved by £1m from the previous month's forecast and this encouraging progress is welcomed.
After the briefing, Boeing said it welcomed "progress" in the investigation.
The official, Thomas A. Scully, welcomed progress in Congress toward passage of Medicare drug legislation.
Biomedical progress should be welcomed, promoted and funded -- yet it can and must be humanized.
An American official said, though, that while the United States welcomed progress, details were not final, and that Britain had not yet agreed to be the host.
Nussbaum welcomed progress in several areas, including the investment bank, greener homes, carbon targets, and soon-to-be-announced energy market reforms.
They also welcomed progress on taxing patent boxes, a practice whereby intellectual property royalties can divert profits from the countries where they are made.
Any progress is widely welcomed, of course, but experts warn that even those achievements may disguise the fact that some of the poorest countries are making considerably less headway, or even becoming worse off.
NATO's progress report was welcomed here, since the emphasis in many war-weary alliance members has shifted from the combat mission to turning Afghanistan back to its own people.
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb welcomed progress on the scheme, saying it could give a "massive boost" to the Welsh economy, creating thousands of jobs.
Queens Park Rangers footballer Joey Barton has welcomed progress in the campaign to release documents relating to the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, ahead of a debate by MPs.
