71.   Not that Congress will ignore large bank mergers.

72.   Often the big institution sets the tone after a bank merger.

73.   One of the various and sundry things that annoy me about bank mergers is having to traffic in their balkanized monikers.

74.   One reason that NatWest had a difficult time selling the unit, in a record year for bank mergers, is that it wanted to be paid in cash.

75.   Other bank mergers are pending.

76.   Other deals that could come under pressure are the bank mergers, including the combination of Nationsbank Corp. and Barnett Banks Inc.

77.   Part of the increase, he said, was probably because of reduced competition from earlier bank mergers.

78.   Plans for the bank merger came on the heels of other big acquisition proposals.

79.   Price has orchestrated some profitable bank mergers.

80.   Putting the firm up for sale is quite a turnaround from the plan a week ago when the bank merger was announced.