111.   Court confirmed two legal challenges aimed at blocking merger of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler.

112.   Daimler had threatened to close Dornier down if the minority shareholders blocked the planned merger with Fairchild.

113.   European Union antitrust regulators expressed confidence Thursday that its decision to block the merger of General Electric Co. and Honeywell International Inc. would be upheld in court.

114.   If it is granted, another hearing would determine whether a permanent injunction to block the merger could follow.

115.   In February, FTC lawyers blocked the merger and prepared to battle it in federal court.

116.   Instead of blocking mergers, the Commission usually prefers to request changes in corporate ventures and then give them the green light.

117.   It dropped after the Justice Department last month sued to block the merger.

118.   It rarely blocks mergers, preferring instead to request changes in them.

119.   Minority shareholders of Digex, the leading operator of computer centers that run Web sites, filed a complaint to block the merger.

120.   Monti also dismissed criticisms by U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing that the Commission plans to block the merger in an attempt to defend French rival Airbus Industrie.