1.   ONLINE INVESTING SITES TO MERGE Two privately held Internet companies, IExchange.com and InteractiveFunds.com, will announced a deal Thursday to merge, an IExchange spokesman said.

2.   The Toronto-based company said it will announced its results Tuesday before the markets open.

3.   Coach Steve Hansen will announced the starting lineup on Wednesday.

4.   Focus said Bertelsmann would announced the plans at its scheduled news conference Monday in Munich.

5.   Howard has said he will announced the new ministerial appointments by Friday.

6.   Natsios said that in Tokyo, the next stop on his world tour, he would announced a U.S. financial aid package for Afghanistan.

7.   He said he hoped the government would announced a decision this week in connection with presentation to parliament of the budget.

8.   Either Perry or Clinton will announced the new arrangements, Bacon said.

9.   The company would announced last year it was exiting from most of its European markets and laying off international and US employees.