41.   The company combines a low-power laser with a special cream to eradicate unwanted body hair.

42.   The company combines software and applications with databases for the financial, government and weather markets.

43.   The company would combine operations that build infrastructure products for paging, two-way radios and cellular telephones into one division, according to people familiar with the plans.

44.   The Fed chairman told the House Banking and Financial Services Committee that he backed a bill that would make it easier for financial services companies to combine their businesses.

45.   The law allowed companies to combine resources in research and development, up to the testing of prototypes of new products.

46.   The merger agreement is the latest in the medical services business as companies combine to gain competitive advantage and market share.

47.   The move comes amid a global consolidation in pharmaceuticals and health care area as companies combine to boost sales and cut soaring drug development costs.

48.   The new company combines the biggest Internet provider with the second-largest cable operator.

49.   The new company will combine the second-largest U.S. provider of paging services in MobileMedia with the third-largest in MobileComm.

50.   The move comes amid an unprecedented wave of consolidation in the U.S. banking industry, as companies combine to reduce costs and boost earnings.