71.   The planned merger, announced in May, would create the fourth-largest producer of gasoline in the U.S.

72.   The planned merger, he said, is a reaction to changing technologies and rising consumer expectations.

73.   The next year the AFL completed its planned merger with the NFL and Jack Kemp ran for Congress.

74.   The planned merger has already cleared regulatory hurdles in the United States and Canada.

75.   The planned merger of AlliedSignal Inc. and Honeywell Inc. sent shock waves from Wall Street to Minneapolis to Phoenix, and all points in between.

76.   The planned merger with New York-based Metropolitan Life, which is expected to be completed about late June, must be approved by regulators and policyholders.

77.   The planned merger with McDonnell-Douglas also could affect the numbers.

78.   The stake-building prevented Normandy from going ahead with its own planned merger with PosGold, Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie and North Flinders Mines.

79.   The step could complicate the planned merger of Guinness, the British brewing and liquor company, with Grand Metropolitan, the British liquor and food giant.

80.   The state later filed a suit to block the planned merger, but lost the case.