He also suggested a significant saving could be made by amalgamating elements of different rescue services.

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By amalgamating four businesses from around Germany, it thinks it has given itself the necessary scale.

ECONOMIST: Insurance

The force is also considering amalgamating some services, such as marine policing, with Hampshire Constabulary and Devon and Cornwall Police.

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In amalgamating the last single-battalion regiments, four infantry battalions were cut (though one survived as a new special-forces support unit).

ECONOMIST: The armed forces

The local miners' lack of experience has meant inefficient gold collection as well as dangerous ways of chemically amalgamating the gold.

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The launch of 24-hour news is one of the reasons for a huge reorganisation going on in the news department, designed to increase efficiency by amalgamating resources and abolishing individual programme editorships.

ECONOMIST: 24-hour news