81.   The European Commission said it would recommend allowing the shipping companies to combine their ferry services linking England to France and Belgium, but only for a limited period.

82.   The likely tightening of credit available to property companies combined with high interest rates has deferred projects under construction and delayed some new investment projects.

83.   The two companies will combine their operations in Mexico under the Banamex brand name.

84.   The five companies have combined sales of more than four billion dollars per year but are suffering from the general downturn in the world arms market.