It could be something simple like deciding to merge a brand.
Can you merge a fully loaded Windows XP PC with a Windows Mobile-powered smartphone without coming up with something so bulky, cumbersome and power-hungry that it doesn't work well as either?
Under the legislation, if parents or other parties object to a council executive's decision to close or merge a school, their only recourse will be to new Independent Local Determination Panels, set up in each council.
Then there's a completely new idea, which is to generate a kind of a cell that you would merge with a kind of an egg, and you'd get something that was kind of an embryo but it wasn't really an embryo, and it wouldn't have the potential to grow into anything, and maybe those would give rise to stem cells.
It was typically thought that if a star formed too close to another, the two stars would quickly merge into a single, bigger star.
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While these two would never merge, a sort of symbiotic partnership would be hugely beneficial for both parties.
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If it fails with Rover, it may still have to merge with a big group, such as Volkswagen or Fiat.
On average, 50 percent of funds close or merge over a 20-year period, mainly as a result of prolonged poor performance.
That is because later this year, their respective publishing companies are expected to merge into a new company called Penguin Random House.
Two California-based wine e-tailers are planning to merge in a bid to create the leading online store offering advice on wine, ratings and reviews.
The pair announced their intention to merge almost a year ago.
Simply to qualify for the race, competing robots must deal with unplanned roadblocks, wait their turn at four-way intersections and merge across a lane of traffic.
The utopian energy of such works is offset by the sense of danger that surfaces elsewhere as man and machine seem to merge in a mystical union.
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On 29 November 2011 the Welsh Government announced that the Environment Agency Wales, Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Council Wales will merge into a single environmental body from April 2013.
The nationwide festive campaign follows a pledge by Stephen House, the new Chief Constable of Scotland, to be "relentless" in tackling domestic abuse as police forces prepare to merge to a unitary body in April next year.
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If we lived in a world with only two cell phone providers who were trying to merge to become a monopoly, blocking that merger would be a no-brainer.
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If a truck looms out of the blind spot during a high-speed freeway merge, for example, a driver would be better off if his phone's ringer was disabled at that moment, he says.
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Last May, they announced a plan to merge their space-launch operations into a new venture, the United Launch Alliance, and the Federal Trade Commission is expected to approve the deal sometime this month.
"Ericsson is maintaining its top position in wireless networking equipment and technology, so the company will not be forced to merge with another player from a purely competitive position perspective, but rather may be forced to merge to reconcile its weak business model and financial condition, " Lesieur said in a note.
After it takes multiple scans, you can align and merge them into a single model.
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Lingwood First and Nursery School and Lingwood Junior School will merge to become a new community primary school.
Another possible, though less likely, outcome is that Vodafone and Verizon could merge to form a single entity.
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American Airlines and US Airways have announced plans to merge, in a deal that would form the world's biggest airline.
Freeing managers to merge or make a takeover may be an alarming prospect, but the alternative looks even less palatable.
Every time a merge of this scope occurred and the companies got larger and larger, more and more prospects were left undeveloped.
In the not-so-distant future, Wright speculates, the cyberagent and the customized computer will merge to become a moderator between two real people collaborating with their imaginations.
In fact, the disruption and chaos from a merge often drives customers away and is the primary reason acquisitions do not measure up to their projected financial benefits.
When the companies explain their urge to merge today on a conference call, investors will probably be most concerned about how much the deal will drag on Amgen's earnings.
Now that Xstrata and Glencore have unveiled their widely expected plan to merge and form a mining-and-commodities behemoth, the hard work begins: Selling the deal to shareholders and regulators.
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