1.   A million-dollar snag that will probably delay, but not derail the deal.

2.   But few expect antitrust problems to derail the deal.

3.   But the prestige of the Hewlett and Packard names could prove very influential in derailing the deal, analysts say.

4.   But then, Stracener said, Southern Pacific derailed the deal.

5.   Executive egos are unlikely to derail this deal, however.

6.   In the United States, shippers and unions want to derail the deal.

7.   Instead they are hoping that divisions among the farmers themselves will derail the deal.

8.   Microsoft executives, of course, were fuming at seeing their deal derailed.

9.   Publicis SA has stepped up efforts to block a pending acquisition by its former partner, True North Communications, with a lawsuit seeking to derail the deal.

10.   Some fear that the FTC will either derail the deal or force the company to make big changes.