21.  Bonsignore, who will head the merged company, expects significant hands-on Internet ability from his own potential heirs.

22.  Both Ms. McDermott and Morris say that the merged company will need all the space it has.

23.  Both states agreed to let the merged company retain a portion of the merger savings resulting from the combination of the companies.

24.  -- Executives for both utilities said prospects for growth in the merged company made them optimistic that no layoffs would result.

25.  -- The merged company may move into the New York Life Building in downtown Kansas City, which UtiliCorp recently named as the future site of its world headquarters.

26.  A company spokesman said the new option plans were a move to accommodate the number of executives coming into the merged company.

27.  A merged company would operate in an industry where global competition has intensified as countries have lowered access barriers to domestic telecommunication markets.

28.  Additionally, Santa Fe chairman Robert Krebs, who will become chief executive of the merged company, has been based in Illinois.

29.  AIG plans to use the pooling method of accounting in the merger, which shields the merged company from some one-time charges that would reduce future earnings.

30.  Allegheny Ludlum Chairman Richard Simmons said he would become chairman of the merged company and Teledyne Chairman and Chief Executive William Rutledge would become president and CEO.