11.   Domestically, Broad said, the merger would give SunAmerica entree to scores of blue-chip corporate clients of AIG.

12.   Even so, the merger would only give the new company substantial market share in the Benelux region -- Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

13.   For Credit Communal, the merger will also give Banque Internationale a Luxembourg, its private banking unit, access to a broader international clientele.

14.   He said the pending three-way merger should give the new company real clout in the national marketplace.

15.   In the Intuit case, the Justice Department argued that a merger would give Microsoft too much clout in the market for personal finance software.

16.   One merger gave Tyco control of the security company ADT Ltd. of Bermuda.

17.   Surrendering control might make sense if the merger gave investors real value.

18.   The Bankers Trust Alex Brown merger gave Montgomery partners food for thought, said Montgomery chairman and founder Tom Weisel in a recent interview.

19.   The companies said a merger would give the Northeast more access to gas supplies from the West.

20.   The merger gives the combined company one of the most technologically advanced drilling fleets in the industry, Trace said.