The No. 1 rule of thumb: Never make a big upfront payment to a debt consolidator.

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Fortunately, you can bypass the travel agent and book directly with a consolidator to get the reduced rate.

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Mr Guerra expects Merloni to maintain its role as a consolidator, buying market share rather than more brands.

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Nobody is much discussing the soft underbelly of the Sprint situation as it fantasizes about becoming the final consolidator in the wireless space.

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So far, with some small exceptions and one big one (constitutional change), Mr Blair has been a competent consolidator of the Conservative legacy, not a radical visionary.

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Autonomy could also end up being acquired, not least by Oracle, the industry's big consolidator, which would certainly like to dominate the field of unstructured data as well.

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As Sprint becomes the consolidator of choice for all those who are not ATT or Verizon, it might as well roll up whatever bits and pieces of cellular operators remain independent at this time.

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Like its competitors, Stewart is a consolidator.

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