The commission seems to be giving some credence to the claimed benefits of the merger, while hedging its bets on the competition issue by shoring up Office Max and seeding healthy retail conflict in scores of communities.
The people seemed to support the merge, but they put bets on Office max pulling in some money.
mnli hypothesis: The people seemed to support the merge, but they put bets on Office max pulling in some money. premise: The commission seems to be giving some credence to the claimed benefits of the merger, while hedging its bets on the competition issue by shoring up Office Max and seeding healthy retail conflict in scores of communities.