11.   A planned merger with Osaka-based Bandai, the company behind Power Rangers and Tamagotchi, collapsed earlier this year.

12.   After many years in disrepute, the same theory is back in fashion now and fully reflected in the planned merger of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler Corp.

13.   After the planned merger was announced last year, the Justice Department requested information about the combination.

14.   But both Merck and Pfizer will be left behind by the planned merger that will create Glaxo Wellcome PLC.

15.   But late last year, amid growing opposition to the planned merger, United began negotiations with American that produced the deal.

16.   But officials at the Chicago Board Options Exchange said Wednesday that their exchange simply did not have the time nor the resources to follow through on the planned merger.

17.   California got a break in December when WellPoint Health Networks Inc. and Health Systems International Inc. scuttled their planned merger.

18.   CBS also formally announced that the planned merger with QVC is off.

19.   Columns Banks in the New York area are in a certifiable boom, a fact confirmed by the planned merger of Dime Bancorp and Anchor Bancorp.

20.   Executives at Hewlett-Packard and Compaq said they believe that the planned merger will ensure that the combined company is a major player in that sector.