1.   Current Discreet Logic President Richard Szalwinski will head the merged operation.

2.   Dasa and its state-owned partner Aerospatiale for months have awaited clearance for two such merged operations in the field of satellites and helicopters.

3.   D. Michael G. Stewart, president and chief executive of Westcoast Gas Services, will be chairman of the merged operations.

4.   His opposite number, Wells CEO Paul Hazen, who will hold the largely ceremonial title of chairman in the merged operation, has faced a slew of troubles.

5.   In the past, merger talks have broken down because neither side would yield control over a merged operation to the other.

6.   Peter Chan Po-fun, head of Concord Securities, is to lead the merged operation and has applied for permission to list the newly formed company.

7.   The Singapore bank said if the merger takes place as planned, the merged operations will be pubicly traded.

8.   The two men, who are also co-chairs of the Emerging Markets Traders Association, took pains to portray the newly merged operation as a congenial and successful partnership.

9.   DaimlerChrysler took one of its first steps Monday toward integrating its newly merged operations, setting up a council to define profit and sales targets.

10.   The merged operation will be known as Banpais.