91.   Executives from airlines involved in proposed mergers disagreed that the impact would be negative.

92.   Executives close to Hughes say Smith has calculated that the proposed merger of assets would not give Hughes shareholders a premium for their stock.

93.   Faced with government opposition, the two largest companies that measure the audience for Internet sites broke off their proposed merger.

94.   Fiat could be contributing its chemical subsidiary to the proposed merger, popularly referred to as Super Gemina.

95.   Faced with the possibility its proposed merger with First Bank could be thwarted by Wells Fargo, First Interstate took its case to the court of public opinion.

96.   For one thing, there is still resistance in London and Frankfurt to the proposed merger of the two European exchanges, which is to be called iX.

97.   For months, trade commission attorneys have been negotiating with AOL and Time Warner over the details of the proposed merger.

98.   Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston Corp. tout their proposed merger as a way to ensure that Boston will always have a hometown bank.

99.   For six months, the proposed merger of Hewlett- Packard and Compaq has produced an environment rife with frantic guesswork and partisan lobbying ... in Palo Alto.

100.   For Ciba-Geigy, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant which last week announced a proposed merger with Sandoz, another drug goliath, Ritalin remains a glittering profit center.