101.   While regulators almost never block big mergers, they can put pressure on banks to increase community spending.

102.   While the commission lacks the authority to block the merger, it could levy billions of dollars in fines.

103.   While the commission rarely blocks mergers outright, it often imposes conditions on companies to guarantee more competition.

104.   While Blumenthal has no regulatory power over the transaction, his office could have filed lawsuits designed to delay or block the merger.

105.   A plea for social justice and racial equality written during apartheid is blocking a merger between the South African church that supported the regime and its nonwhite counterpart.

106.   A group of small businesses, fearing unfair competition, had applied for the injunction in a last-ditch attempt to block the merger.

107.   And Washington moved to block that merger the following day.

108.   At the end of their initial review, the EU regulators can decide to clear or block the merger, or order an in-depth, four-month probe.

109.   Brandenburg state blocks merger with Berlin.

110.   Competition authorities had said in August that they intended to block the merger because of concerns that it would create a near-monopoly on Norwegian domestic routes.