1.   Veba also will merge real estate activities of its Raab Karcher and Veba Immobilien units.

2.   The new arrangements involved the establishment of joint offices in both cities, with sales, marketing and operational activities to be merged.

3.   The two companies merged these activities in January.

4.   In Europe, Andersen France is in talks with KPMG France about merging their activities, sources said.

5.   BFBS provided a daily programme of five hours from Berlin and has merged its activities into a general BFBS-Germany service.