1.   Another Internet merger was announced yesterday.

2.   Cooper took obvious pleasure in announcing the merger.

3.   That merger was announced in December.

4.   Already several ski resort mergers have been announced.

5.   Also, brokerage stocks rallied on the news, just as they did after the Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter merger was announced.

6.   Although neither bank has formally announced a merger, analysts and the Japanese press have concluded a new superbank is all but a done deal.

7.   Although no companies have announced mergers, local newspapers have reported several possibilities, and most analysts believe they are inevitable.

8.   Altsys had sued shortly after the merger was announced in March, claiming the deal would breach its licensing agreement.

9.   And drug stocks climbed again as Pfizer sought to acquire Warner-Lambert, which on Wednesday announced a merger with American Home Products.

10.   And First Interstate spurned a bid from Wells Fargo to announce a merger with First Bank Systems.