41.   This combined company, to be known as Exxon Mobil Corp., plans to consolidate its exploration and production business as well as its chemical operations in Houston.

42.   Weiden said the company has identified a number of areas where it can cut costs by combining the companies and reducing duplicated operations.

43.   When the two companies are combined, Interstate will own white-bread brands ranging from Wonder, now a Continental brand, to Butternut, an Interstate label.

44.   Rogel says he wants to combine both companies to make the Northwest a global leader in the forest products industry.

45.   Still, experts saw good logic in combining two companies that make drugs treating a narrow range of illnesses, including ulcers, asthma, AIDS and genital herpes.

46.   The companies were combined at less cost than expected, and with no interruption to research and development, McKinnell said.