11.   Gossage still may pursue a merger with Grace, shareholders said.

12.   Gossage still may pursue a merger with Grace, the shareholders said.

13.   Hinterthur said the two companies will decide whether to pursue a merger within the first three months of next year.

14.   However, several major shareholders have said the terms of the settlement imply LeBow intends to pursue a merger.

15.   Investors are speculating the two southern banks may pursue a merger of equals, helping them in their competition with NationsBank Corp.

16.   It also was one of the first to pursue mergers, buying Atlanta-based Alumax and three European aluminum companies in the last year.

17.   Nancy Caplan, a spokeswoman for Baltimore Gas, said the company is still pursuing the merger.

18.   Now such speculation has surfaced again with a report that the two companies are discussing whether they should pursue a merger.

19.   On Tuesday, executives of the two utilities said that such a prospect left little benefit for shareholders or rationale to pursue the merger.

20.   Over dinner at the Ritz-Carlton in Atlanta, Arnold and Michael Long, Healtheon chief executive officer, decided to pursue the merger.