91.   Vacco, who harshly opposed the merger and had threatened legal action, said Thursday that he, too, would no longer try to block the deal.

92.   When Giuliani vetoed the measure Tuesday, administration officials said they would probably go to court to block the deal.

93.   While another bidder may emerge, and a shareholder lawsuit was filed Wednesday seeking to block the deal, investors seem likely to go along.

94.   While bank executives said they did not expect any antitrust issues to block the deal, banking lawyers said that regulators could force the sale of some branches.

95.   Pfizer also sued Warner-Lambert and American Home Products to block their deal.

96.   A German official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, denied reports that Germany had blocked the deal, but said talks were continuing on details.

97.   A legislative provision that would have blocked the deal from going forward was removed from a major spending bill passed by House lawmakers.

98.   A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright had not tried to block any deal.

99.   Analysts believe the move could prompta new round of negotiations with regulators or, more likely, trigger an FTC lawsuit to block the deal.

100.   Both GE and Honeywell are continuing to appeal the decision by the European Commission blocking the deal.