The fight to be No. 3 may soon be taking place between Motorola and Siemens--if they don't merge their handset operations first.

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But such a deal didn't make sense when rumors of negotiations surfaced in February (see "Why Bristol and Sanofi Shouldn't Merge"), and it doesn't make sense now.

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Senators didn't give Chrysler boss Robert Nardelli much chance to answer, but he was able to pipe up that the company wouldn't merge if that were part of the conditions for a bailout.

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She also says that, while Acxiom does store personally identifiable information, it doesn't store or merge anonymous online-tracking data, such as Web-browsing records.

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Some of those that can't eventually will shrink, merge or fold, he predicted.

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Since you won't be adding on, before you merge your households, everyone in your family should sit down to discuss what will be done with duplicate couches, dining room tables and other possessions.

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That quibble aside, don't expect this clash of aesthetic ideals to merge into any sort of ergonomic ideal.

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Conservative AM Suzy Davies said that "Morriston can't cope" at present, and worried that the plans to merge three accident and emergency departments into one hospital was going "too far".

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Despite the league's potency on DirecTV, exclusive NFL content couldn't prevent Sirius, the satellite-radio operator, from struggling until it was ultimately forced to merge with rival XM.

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