61.   Villalonga has no plans to step aside, but even if he were to leave the merger would go forward, Davis said.

62.   When its planned merger with Time Warner goes through, the communications conglomerate will own the pipes that bring both the Internet and cable television into millions of households.

63.   Whether this latest merger goes through or not, the greatest consumer benefit may come from the antitrust scrutiny that the deal will inevitably bring.

64.   Whether that is enough to enable Conner to work for Shugart if the merger goes through is another matter.

65.   With Rosenberg on the verge of retirement, Crystal assumes that McColl would become the chief executive of the surviving bank if a merger goes through.

66.   Yet even if the merger does not go through, investors are bound to make money on the deal.

67.   Agency staff has offered steps for how the merger could go through without violating the limit.

68.   Analysts, however, believe the merger will go through.

69.   But a decision on the appeal could take years, so even a successful appeal would be too late for the merger to go forward, Sheffer noted.

70.   But the movements were reversed Tuesday because of questions about whether the merger would go through.