11.   In the U.S., the FTC is the federal agency reviewing the proposed combination of the two giant aircraft companies.

12.   Last year, the Justice Department requested information on that merger as well as the proposed combination of the American Stock Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

13.   Levy made his hostile offer and suggested the auction in the letter to the True North board, which rejected his proposed combination a month ago.

14.   Mediq Inc. and Universal Hospital Services Inc. said the Federal Trade Commission plans to file an antitrust suit today seeking to block their proposed combination.

15.   On Wall Street, though, investors reacted more skeptically to the proposed combination.

16.   On Wednesday, the two companies officially called off the proposed combination.

17.   Putting ink to the proposed combination was, it would appear, almost a religious experience for the old maverick from Atlanta.

18.   Take for instance, the proposed combination of Netscape and America Online, which could also include a joint marketing agreement between America Online and Sun Microsystems.

19.   The Internet and media industries are ecstatic over the proposed combination of America Online and Time Warner.

20.   The proposed combination of Citicorp and Travelers, for example, would mesh traditional banking with brokerage services, insurance, mutual funds and stock and bond underwriting.