21.   In a pooling of interests, two companies combine their balance sheets and go forward as one company.

22.   In addition, the companies have combined their Washington, D.C., offices and field offices.

23.   In addition, the company is combining its beverage and dessert divisions.

24.   International partnerships let companies combine strengths and help push international sales.

25.   It has competitors, but its annual revenues are now bigger than the next eight ranked companies combined.

26.   Japanese pharmaceutical companies combine both weaknesses.

27.   LVMH wants all three companies instead to combine their drinks businesses into a separate company.

28.   NatWest Securities analyst Jack Lamberton said that if the companies combined, it would be more beneficial if Pharmacia took over the resulting restructuring program.

29.   Oil companies have been combining their refining and retail fuel operations worldwide through joint ventures and acquisitions.

30.   One of the holdups in the Bell Atlantic and Airtouch talks was whether the companies could combine under favorable accounting rules.