The HCWs expressed merger-related stress both with the change process itself and with the subsequent consequences: increased time pressure was attributed to larger unit sizes, greater geographical distances, establishment of new roles and ways of cooperating, and culture clashes.
Just as unlikely is a Mirror-Express merger.
While the Transportation Department tentatively concluded that the merger would not substantially reduce competition, it did express "concerns" about the merger's impact on routes between the New York area and Washington, and to and from Denver.
Inevitably, whenever there is a major news merger, people express concerns about "reduced diversity of voices" in a community.
Kevin P. Mitchell, the chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, a strong opponent of the merger, expressed relief yesterday.
Only one F.C.C. commissioner, Michael J. Copps, who voted against the Comcast-NBC merger, expressed surprise at her departure.
Federal officials, while not specifically barring the merger, expressed strong reservations about allowing Royal Ahold, which already owned Edwards supermarkets, to have such a hold on the New York market.
The next month, Enron acknowledged that it had overstated profits by nearly $600 million during the prior five years, and a potential savior called off a merger, expressing concerns about Enron's candor.
But Ray Garea, a fund manager who works with the investor Michael Price, a catalyst in other big bank mergers, expressed skepticism that Bank of New York would truly engage Mellon in any kind of battle, hostile or otherwise.
Wilson's testimony, however, offered Republicans several opportunities to express concern about the recent uptick in small bank mergers.
Even so, investors expressed concern that the merger might become a casualty.
