41.   Not all industry analysts praised the proposed acquisition.

42.   Often companies choose to scrap proposed acquisitions since these cases can take years before they are heard by an FTC administrative law judge.

43.   One deal investors have been watching is the proposed acquisition of DSC Communications by Alcatel Alsthom SA of France.

44.   Parties to the proposed acquisition do not believe that other suitors for Borden will step forward, because the company was on the block for eight months.

45.   People close to the proposed acquisition argued at the weekend that it would strengthen Deutsche Bank in several ways.

46.   Perhaps the most intriguing one is how Raks will finance its proposed acquisition of a company three times its size in sales.

47.   Other analysts dismissed the differences and said the proposed acquisition would benefit both companies.

48.   Rite Aid dropped the proposed acquisition after the FTC threatened to fight the merger in court.

49.   Royal Oak said it had lined up financing for the proposed acquisition.

50.   Shares in electricity stocks dropped sharply after the news, as investors worried that the proposed acquisitions would be quashed.