31.   Those were the talks that were cut off when the merger negotiations went into high gear and have now resumed.

32.   Wednesday, Oracle said merger negotiations had stopped, and that it had sold off all its Gupta stock.

33.   With both the right and left raising serious objections, the merger negotiations are not going smoothly.

34.   PACIFIC Bank Bhd is not in any merger negotiations at present but is keeping an open mind on mergers, chairman Choi Siew Hong said.

35.   Platt, who said he intends to retire from business, becomes the second top executive to leave Kendall-Jackson after Jackson aborted the merger negotiations.

36.   A Japanese bank that has rejected gloomy rumors about its economic health denied reports Sunday that it is in merger negotiations.

37.   After the three IT wholesalers conclude the merger negotiations, they will set up a new holding company.

38.   According to the indictment, they concealed the irregularities from McKesson during merger negotiations and continued the practice after the merger.

39.   Another dozen or more are understood to be in active merger negotiations and an announcement to this effect can be expected before the deadline.

40.   Bayantel revived in November merger negotiations with Globe Telecom Inc., a joint venture between Ayala Corp. and Singapore Telecom International.