81.   Above all, Shipley believed, mergers should be as friendly as possible.

82.   According to some analysts, a merger could be just what the company needs to get to the next level.

83.   Ad mergers can be tricky business.

84.   After several weeks of calm, bank mergers are back in full swing.

85.   Airbus has since changed its tune, saying the proposed merger could be problematic over the longer term.

86.   Airline mergers have often been extremely disruptive and expensive.

87.   Bruce Nielsen of Calabasas, a customer who rode to the Cal Fed branch in suburban Woodland Hills on his Harley Davidson, said he believes mergers are anti-competitive.

88.   Business experts say that mergers are economic Darwinism at play, with solid companies and industries surviving.

89.   But after First Union pleaded its case in meetings, presentations and in advertisements, Bellenger became convinced that the merger could be a good one.

90.   But a big Swiss banking merger is likely to change things.