11.   Andrew Neff, an analyst at Bear, Stearns who predicted in January that Compaq and H-P would merge, upgraded Dell after the deal was announced.

12.   As with any deal, talks could collapse, but both companies were planning to announce the deal on Monday, the person said.

13.   At the Justice Department, the head of the antitrust division has changed since the deal was first announced.

14.   At the press conference announcing the deal, a reporter asked Disney CEO Michael Eisner how he viewed the synergy between the two companies.

15.   Because of federal securities laws on insider information, the negotiators were barred from making public statements until a deal was announced.

16.   Biologists at a news conference at the Bronx Zoo, where the deal was announced, called the tract an untouched ecosystem set in a fast-deteriorating landscape.

17.   BellSouth plans to announce the deal Thursday morning, executives close to the company said Wednesday.

18.   BMW was officially silent Thursday on the future of Land Rover, the profitable and growing sport utility business, but was expected to announce the deal on Friday.

19.   Bids are expected at the end of the month and a final deal may be announced in early January.

20.   Both stocks rose after the deal was announced.