1.   And earlier this year, Stepanian failed to merge his bank with First Fidelity Bancorp and Shawmut National Corp.

2.   Analysts said they remained wary about how the two banks will be merged within the next five years.

3.   A Bronx community group has challenged an unusual application by Chase Manhattan Corp. to merge its bank in Connecticut into its lead bank in New York City.

4.   Chase said it wants to merge its banks in Connecticut and New York to cut costs and to allow better service.

5.   Chase Manhattan has been challenged by a Bronx community group over an unusual application to merge its bank in Connecticut into its lead bank in New York City.

6.   He said the arduous job of merging banks of such size and vastly differing cultures would take a year and a half.

7.   Last month, Gusinsky, Potanin and Khodorkovsky merged their banks in order to reduce their losses.

8.   Several thousand people are likely to lose their jobs when the banks are merged.

9.   Shipley had better be better at merging banks than analogies.

10.   The cost savings from merging the banks has allowed Fleet to boost its earnings steadily.