1.   The company merger will take place as soon as practicable.

2.   Adkins has unsuccessfully attempted to block other insurance company mergers and transactions.

3.   CNN reports on upcoming IPOs, or initial public offerings, company mergers and acquisitions, as well as stocks that analysts have just downgraded or recommended.

4.   Company mergers often leave bitter feelings, but Gudel, for one, should have no trouble finding new work.

5.   Earnings rose during the quarter as the stock market rallied and bond yields fell steadily, boosting stock and bond sales as well as company mergers, analysts said.

6.   Elsewhere in the nation, nuclear power is less of an issue and the prospect of restructuring is leading to utility company mergers to achieve savings and survival.

7.   Fueling the Italian equity market are financial company mergers, corporate reorganizations and state-asset sales.

8.   Large hardware company mergers almost never work out well, particularly when corporate cultures are so varied.

9.   Regulatory changes prompted the phone company mergers.

10.   Securities firms also benefited from a record volume of company mergers and acquisitions.