91.   German stocks rose as Schering lead gainers amid a surge in European chemical stocks spurred by merger talks between two drugmakers in Great Britain and the U.S.

92.   He declined to comment on whether Metway has had merger talks with another bank.

93.   He added the bank is not in merger talks with anyone and sees itself as having an independent future.

94.   Heine and its CEO, Michael F. Price, are credited by many investors with pressing Chase into merger talks after becoming its biggest stockholder last year.

95.   He said the familintends to keep its control and is not in merger talks with any foreign rivals.

96.   Hewlett-Packard first confirmed two weeks ago that it was in merger talks with the consulting giant.

97.   Hokkaido Bank earlier had been in merger talks with Hokkaido Takushoku.

98.   Honeywell confirmed the merger talks with United were over, but did not identify the new suitor.

99.   Hong Kong newspapers reported that a Chinese bid for Hong Kong Telecom was being prepared after merger talks between British Telecom broke down last Thursday.

100.   In any case, the breakdown of the Deutsche Telekom merger talks appears to be an attempt to separate those discussions from the Global One negotiations.