1.   Banamex sold stakes in its insurance unit and merged the operations of other subsidiaries, while Bancomer sold a minority stake to the Bank of Montreal to raise capital.

2.   Besides merging operations abroad, the two companies also hope to combine some domestic operations, with Dow Jones providing news to CNBC.

3.   -- Leo Burnett Worldwide has merged its operations in Adelaide, Australia, with Andrew Robertson Advertising, Adelaide.

4.   Charter, a private company, also will shut psychiatric services at a second hospital, in Largo, Fla., merging those operations with its Tampa facilities.

5.   Chevron Corp. said it may sell its U.K. refining and service station businesses after talks about merging the operations with those of Elf Aquitaine SA collapsed.

6.   Dennis Telzrow of The Principal Financial Securities Inc. in Dallas said he doubted that CompUSA would try to merge its operations too closely with PCs Compleat.

7.   Executives said they are considering merging the operations of CNNfn with those of its corresponding website, CNNfn.com.

8.   However, in practice the big car makers have merged their operations in the two countries.

9.   If the plants are sold, a new owner could merge the operations, reduce the work force, or move the operations out of the Miami Valley.

10.   If the plants are sold, a new owner could merge the operations, reduce the workforce or move the operations out of the Miami Valley.