That merger would combine the longtime Chicago rivals into the largest market for financial derivatives contracts in the world.

The merger would combine two major banking forces and create a "super-regional" bank.

The merger will combine companies with total annual revenues of $933 million and total assets of $2.3 billion.

The proposed merger would combine two of the younger and more technologically advanced exchanges.

The mergers and the hub system have combined to leave several airports dominated by just one or two airlines.

The merger would combine two of the country's largest independent processors of those transactions for banks and retail merchants.

The merger would combine the nation's top two video retailers.

Executives at both companies said the merger would combine complementary strengths.

The planned merger, management specialists say, combines two companies in similar markets requiring complementary skills.

The Financial Times viewed it as a merger of equals and combined the value of the shares of the two companies.