The proposed merger poses a problem for the Clinton Administration: how to encourage a consolidation of the military industry while enforcing antitrust laws.

The three mergers pose no threat to most consumers because none would dominate any financial product or region.

A merger between Bell Atlantic and GTE would pose thorny questions for the Federal regulators who would review such a deal.

But the merger would pose only a small threat to competition, because competition in stock trading is mostly generated by rivalry among buyers and sellers within each market.

The merger poses more threat to consumers than promise.

The merger poses two major risks that may contribute to the doubt.

But Noxell's dismissal of Lintas also shows that large-scale mergers among client companies pose a far greater threat to ad agencies.

The proposed merger poses little competitive threat to American or European banks, analysts said, nor will it do much to disrupt the push by foreign banks into Japan.

LET regulators worry whether Gillette's proposed merger with Procter & Gamble poses antitrust problems.

The government acknowledged that this merger posed no immediate risk to consumers, but reasoned that other chains in the area might follow the example.