1.   Although the merger will result in big job losses worldwide, Chiron and SyStemix will have access to more technology from the combined entity, analysts say.

2.   And the firms are still on the prowl for a name for the combined entity.

3.   And top jobs at the combined entity would be divided equally between executives from the two companies.

4.   As a combined entity, they will have more leverage and incentive to push their clients to reform.

5.   A combined entity would be more efficient, allowing his constituents to receive their local television channels, which are currently not available on satellite.

6.   A combined entity would rank just ahead of White Plains, N.Y.-based Texaco in terms of refined product sales.

7.   Brown services, and vice versa, led to a one-third increase in business for the combined entity.

8.   But some British executives are worried that London will lose its primacy, noting that Seifert is to become chief executive of the combined entity.

9.   But the initial euphoria over Citigroup, as the combined entity will be called, waned Tuesday.

10.   California Federal management will run the combined entity while Trafton will stay on to oversee the outcome of lawsuits that both thrifts have filed against the federal government.