Dear Colleagues, It was announced today at the closeout of the XV SuperB General Meeting in Caltech by Marcello Giorgi that: " SuperB has been approved and funded by the Italian government. Approval has been announced in a closed session of the CERN council. We should expect press releases with announcements from INFN and the Italian minister of science and education within the next few days. " The full presentation is available online at: http://agenda.infn.it/getFile.py/access?contribId=41&sessionId=47&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=2902 Sincerely, Norman Graf