21.   The FTC and the Pentagon cleared the combination just as the clock wound down on the U.S. antitrust review period, which expires at midnight.

22.   The IMF review period ends tomorrow.

23.   The official antitrust review period for the merger ran out last summer, leaving the companies to just wait for the Justice Department to get back to them.

24.   The public review period ended Monday, setting the stage for a final report within a few weeks.

25.   The process could start by the end of the summer, after required review periods.

26.   The review period could be extended if the land appraisal took longer.

27.   The suits had challenged governmental approvals received during a two-year public review period.

28.   U.S. regulators are expected to render their own decision on the proposed merger as early as tomorrow, when the U.S. antitrust review period expires.

29.   Typically, if the FTC has no objection to a merger, it says nothing and simply allows the deal to proceed after the required review period expires.

30.   Previously, the department had backed government efforts to throw out the law passed by the pre-handover Legislative Council to lengthen the public housing rent review period.