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Top 15 U.S. Mergers

A list of the top U.S. corporate mergers (value in dollars unadjusted for inflation).

 1. RJR Nabisco Inc. AND Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., $25 billion, completed in 1989.

2. Walt Disney Co. AND Capital Cities/ABC for $19 billion in cash and stock completed in 1996.

3. SBC Communications Inc. AND Pacific Telesis Group for $16.7 billion in cash and stock announced in 1996.

4. Wells Fargo AND First Interstate for $14.2 billion, completed in 1996.

5. Warner Communications Inc. AND Time Inc., $14.11 billion, completed in 1990.

6. Kraft Inc. AND Philip Morris Inc., $13.44 billion, completed in 1988.

7. Gulf Corp. AND Standard Oil Co. of California, $13.4 billion, completed in 1984.

8. Chase Manhattan AND Chemical Banking, $13 billion, completed in 1996.

9. Squibb Corp. AND Bristol-Myers Co., $12.09 billion, completed in 1989.

10. AT&T Corp. AND McCaw Cellular Communications, $11.5 billion, completed in 1994.

11. Getty Oil Co. AND Texaco Inc., $10.12 billion, completed in 1984.

12. Martin Marietta Corp. AND Lockheed Corp., $10 billion, completed in 1995.

13. Paramount Communications Inc. AND Viacom Inc., $9.6 billion, completed in 1994.

14. Aetna Life and Co. AND U.S. Healthcare Inc. for $8.9 billion, announced in 1996.

15. SmithKline Beckman Corp. AND Beecham Group PLC for $7.92 billion, completed in 1989.