The latest quarter included merger-related costs and other items.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pfizer's Profit Climbs] Reference

Excluding merger-related charges, profit rose to 70 cents a share.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stanley Black] Reference

The latest results included five cents in net merger-related costs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wachovia's Net Plummets] Reference

How to avoid joining the 74,000 axed in merger-related job cuts last year?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hands On The Wheel] Reference

The results were weighed down by merger-related and work-force reduction costs.    From Wordnik.com.  [AT&T, Verizon Make Different Calls] Reference

Excluding the merger-related charge, per-share earnings would have been 48 cents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tax Charge Puts DirecTV in the Red] Reference

He avoided the merger-related depression that infected the New York publishing world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little, Brown's Little Wonder] Reference

Excluding merger-related costs, earnings from continuing operations were 78 cents a share.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bank of New York's Net Rises 72%] Reference

Mr. Edwards said the loss stemmed partially from merger-related costs, including severance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Midas Capital's Edwards] Reference

But options strategists say some merger-related trading strategies work better than others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Traders Test Buyout Strategies] Reference

One response for the brewers would be yet more consolidation to extract merger-related savings.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Cheap Seats: Gazprom] Reference

Priceline. com jumped on a surge in earnings and Continental Airlines climbed on merger-related news.    From Wordnik.com.  [Priceline Surges 21% on Profit Gain] Reference

The prior year's results included 35 cents a share in charges for tax reserves and restructuring - and merger-related costs.    From Wordnik.com.  [BB&T Hit by Credit Losses] Reference

New merger-related share registrations could be a first step to more foreign companies listing their shares on U.S. exchanges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good News for Deal Maker] Reference

Excluding restructuring and merger-related expenses, per-share earnings from continuing operations rose to 85 cents from 67 cents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Schlumberger Booms] Reference

The analyst said it relieves merger-related short selling and frees the company to consider strategic options to boost stockholder value.    From Wordnik.com.  [Close Of MCI Merger Is A 'Positive' For Verizon] Reference

Corp. 's swung to a first-quarter loss on merger-related charges, but profit excluding effects of the combination grew more than analysts expected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stanley Black] Reference

Joseph Stauff, an analyst at CRT Capital Holdings LLC, said the quarterly results were better than he expected because of merger-related cost cuts.    From Wordnik.com.  [In a First, Sirius XM Posts Subscriber Drop] Reference

Still, reaching such merger-related union deals could be a long shot, underscoring the complicated relationship between workers and airline management.    From Wordnik.com.  [Labor Sees Opportunity in Airline Tie-Ups] Reference

Many analysts and investors have questioned the wisdom of the deal on the grounds that it would bring little in new profits and lots of merger-related headaches.    From Wordnik.com.  [France Télécom May Raise Its Bid] Reference

Some union leaders see merger-related negotiations as a better route to higher pay or equity stakes, and hope to get new members from the other side's work force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Labor Sees Opportunity in Airline Tie-Ups] Reference

By comparison, the effects on profits from merger-related changes in prices were found to be very small.    From Wordnik.com.  [BNET Articles]

G side, Hughes says his organization gained only two full-time employees to coordinate merger-related activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference