Hi, all. Todays crossword is business-themed, so I wanted to touch base with my solvers and discuss some action items. Action Item No. 1: the theme of this puzzle. Six pairs of companies hidden in familiar phrases intersect with each other.

Take the intersecting letters from those crossing companies in grid order, and you spell out the revealer at 123A: [Business combination, and whats spelled out by the intersections of this puzzles circled businesses] which is MERGER. This answer creates a synergy that really moves the needle for our business paradigm. Okay, Ive run out of office jargon, but lets circle back to that later.