31.   First Chicago is combining its operations with NBD Bancorp and First Union Corp. is joining forces with First Fidelity Bancorp.

32.   Fleet has said it would combine operations and relocate its Providence headquarters to Boston after the merger.

33.   Fleet is merging with Shawmut National Corp. in November and First Chicago is combining its operations with NBD Bancorp.

34.   Further, he added, the petrochemical operations of both Chevron and Phillips were under greater pressure since British Petroleum and Amoco had begun to combine their operations.

35.   He said the two companies were a good fit if they agreed to combine operations.

36.   He said that instead of combining operations, Fox intended to keep the studio and network decision-making separate, even though both divisions will report directly to him.

37.   In January, shareholders of the two companies approved the plan to combine operations under a new holding company, to be called New Century Energies.

38.   In February, the coffee and cotton exchanges said they formed a committee to discuss merging or combining some operations.

39.   Instead of combining operations with the idea of cutting costs to survive in a shrinking market, these two companies are viewing their marriage as a chance to grow.

40.   Last week, the CSCE and the New York Cotton Exchange formed a committee to discuss merging or combining some operations, the CSCE said.