11.   Internal surveys, she claims, show H-P employees support the merger, although outside surveys showed the exact opposite.

12.   It has not yet decided whether to support the merger, but has said it will make its own independent assessment.

13.   Kansas Gov. Bill Graves, a Republican, supported the merger with some conditions, as did most Republican farm-state senators.

14.   Jennings said that the board continued to support a merger with Utilicorp.

15.   Many Wall Street analysts predict that if Diller responds by renegotiating the terms, then Wetherell will turn back to supporting the merger.

16.   Merging the two bureaucracies could bring considerable savings, and polls suggest that two-thirds of Berliners support the merger.

17.   Newspaper reports did not offer explanations of why Nomura would not support a merger.

18.   Nymex members will support the merger, Rappaport said.

19.   Others who spoke against the valuation also said they would support the merger.

20.   Oslo-based Nycomed said a majority of shareholders supported the merger, but the transaction would fail to draw the required two-thirds majority needed for approval.