ImClone Systems, for instance, tried for quick approval of its cancer drug but was rejected.
Shares of Orexigen Therapeutics and Arena Pharmaceuticals, two other small companies trying again for approval again after their obesity drugs were rejected in the last two years, also rose after hours.
AquaBounty has been trying for years to win approval for the salmon, a goal that now appears within reach.
His village has been trying for seven years to get approval for a 850-kilowatt wind turbine which the inhabitants reckon could earn them £100,000 a year.
Telmex has been trying for three years to win approval to offer pay television over its phone lines, which is prohibited by its concession.
Laughter, preferably Julia's laughter, is always being tried for; at one point her approval is literally transcribed: "The anxious infants awaited her burst of laughter.
Taubman has been trying for six years to gain approval, and a Town Board decision is now expected within two months.
Indian company Adani has been trying for years now to get approval to develop a $16bn£13bnbn) coal mine in outback Queensland, as well as an expanded port on the country's Great Barrier Reef coast so the coal can be exported.
Mr. Bush will also propose that the Energy Department be empowered to underwrite risk insurance for companies or investors who are willing to try to get approval for new nuclear power plants.
