A: I read it myself on the financial page. They're really going to join together. U-Tunes was bought out by Murphy's, they will take over the company as of next month.

B: The competition must have been too stiff for U-Tunes. Otherwise why would they allow themselves to be taken over by their sworn enemy?

B: Are you sure? Who told you that? I highly doubt that they would take the step to merge into one company… They're supposed to be bitter enemies, the strictest of competitors. It must be a rumor. It can't be ture.

A: Did you hear the news? Two of our major supplliers, Murphy Music and U-Tunes are merging! If they are conglomerated into one company into one company, it would have some serious affects on our market strategy.

A: I guess they must have figured it would be easier to merge than to keep up the cutthroat competition. If you can't beat them, join them.