The merger would not affect such matters, the commission said.

The merger did not affect local control over policy).

These mergers may not affect the star formation rate heavily but can play an important role in the stellar mass growth.

A potential merger could adversely affect the two smaller Bells.

The most obvious of these was that mergers occurred in waves and affected all industries.

The benefits of the city's three police forces vary, and how the merger might affect them has yet to be determined.

The big question for Grumman employees was how the merger would affect their jobs.

It is unclear how the proposed merger would affect that hybrid system, if at all.

The Commission then reviews how the merger may affect competition.

Let investors worry about how that merger will affect the fused companies' stocks.