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 only supported the merge because they knew Office Max would bring in more money.
mnli hypothesis: The people only supported the merge because they knew Office Max would bring in more 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.