21.   Cemex managed to quickly cut costs and combine the operations.

22.   Combining ferry operations with a museum, this is the most innovative civic project to go forward in New York in more than a generation.

23.   Combining those operations would have hurt competition for gasoline and jet fuel on the U.S. West Coast, the FTC said.

24.   Companies seeking federal approval of mergers have often argued that combining their operations would be more efficient.

25.   Delta and Continental may decide to combine certain operations instead of doing a full-blown acquisition, the person said.

26.   CSX is also working to have agreements with labor unions worked out before combining operations, something rival Union Pacific was unable to do.

27.   Digital spokesman Dan Kaferle would not comment on layoff plans, saying the companies were still working out details of how to combine their operations.

28.   Executives of the banks said that they would combine the operations of the two securities firms, too.

29.   Executives of the two companies say the move will allow them to cut costs by combining operations such as distribution and marketing and increasing their clout with suppliers.

30.   Federal and state agencies are combining intelligence operations at key South Texas cities to create teams to monitor drug-trafficking corridors along the border.