keywords: merger linde boc london uk
text: Linde merger with UK #39;s BOC Group  #39;speculation #39; - report LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Linde (DE:648300) is not discussing a 8.6 billion pound merger of its industrial gas operations with the UK #39;s BOC Group (BOX) (UK:BOC) , Germany #39;s Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported.