All the designs, which are preliminary, share a look that Mr. Coco devised.
The discussions, which are preliminary and no more than a week old, do not ensure that a resolution will be reached.
Eurostat, the European Union's statistics agency, said the figures, which are preliminary and have no details beyond country rates, showed Germany growing 0.4% during the quarter, up from 0.3%.
Under the F.T.C. settlement, which is preliminary and carries no financial penalties, the retailers will be subject to significant fines if they mislabel fur again in the next 20 years.
The proposed agreement - which is preliminary and subject to intense negotiations being led by Tom Miller, the attorney general of Iowa - would allow banks to treat second mortgages, like home equity lines of credit, just like the first mortgages.
The inquiry, which is preliminary and routine in the wake of a technological error like this one, will raise questions about whether Nasdaq had sufficient controls and procedures in place to prevent such a problem from arising.
The budget figures released yesterday were part of the board's annual School-Based Budget Reports, which are preliminary estimates of year-end figures based on spending through May 17. Final reports on the year's actual expenditures, which are expected to be closer to $10.8 billion, will be released in January.
The agreements, both of which are preliminary, show China's desire to become a big exporter and licensor of bullet trains traveling 215 miles an hour, an environmentally friendly technology in which China has raced past the United States in the last few years.
Factions containing the eluted target protein were pooled and desalted using a HiPrep™ 26/10 Desalting column which was preliminary equilibrated with 50 mM ammonium bicarbonate pH 7.9.
Our experimental findings evidenced the necessity to completely reduce the linear dimer in order to allow its cyclization which is preliminary to polymer formation.
