The purchase would create the nation's biggest drug wholesaler, with about 31 percent of the annual $64 billion market.

The purchase would create a rare American-owned consumer electronics company, since most American manufacturers left the low-profit business years ago under intense competition.

In the conservative climate of the time, the purchase created a political and media scandal.

For example, China's purchase of American dollars and securities to keep the yuan cheap creates more than a 20 percent subsidy on China's exports.

Analysts praised the deal, commenting on the efficiencies that the purchase should create.

The purchase created a massive conglomerate with business interests in multiple industries.

He also testified that America Online's recent purchase of Netscape created a new and potent competitor to Microsoft.

Even so, the proposed purchase would create a troubling concentration of media outlets.

The purchase will create a company with $10 billion in annual revenue.

For American pilots, the purchase creates about 250 new captain slots.