But consolidation has also helped stabilise the airline industry, reported the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Prohibition, wars, consolidation and a narrowing of the American palate had by 1985 whittled that number to 100.
We need to see consolidation in the banking sector and a cleaning up of balance sheets.
The pressure on regional lenders will inevitably lead to another round of bank consolidation.
Advances in telecommunications were responsible for a massive consolidation of the world's stock exchanges.
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And Phase 3, Consolidation, and Phase 4, Boom II, are waiting in the wings.
"The paging industry is already highly competitive and in a period of consolidation, " he says.
Larger companies are likely to benefit from the downturn, in the sense that consolidation is inevitable.
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Thain said he sees cross-border consolidation, but not before there is more consolidation at home.
This may finally bring proper evaluation of credit risk and the consolidation of crowded industries.
In all this consolidation, the compression of the product development process, what are the risks?
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Bank Indonesia is keen to see consolidation reduce the country's 130-odd banks to 15.
Some countries accounting rules allow for the consolidation of a subsidiary at less than 50% ownership.
The expansion and consolidation seem further confirmation of the congress's growing status and clout.
And that's an issue that some of the senators linked directly to media consolidation.
The industry is in the midst of consolidation, says Paul Roger, analyst at ABN Amro.
But so far, all they have to show for their efforts is a run-of-the-mill consolidation.
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But it is playing in a crowded field that many say is ripe for consolidation.
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Now consolidation is ebbing, and Arrow--and rival Avnet in Phoenix--look a lot like hamsters on wheels.
He is looking at futures markets, too, where consolidation is sharply reducing the number of exchanges.
Mr. Appleton recently predicted that mergers and other consolidation in the industry were inevitable.
The consolidation of democracy has created a climate where prior connections can come to light.
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For the young, excluding the education and training budget from the fiscal consolidation programs is essential.
Rather, it was one of the brands left behind after years of big-is-better consolidation.
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Such a consolidation has long been predicted, gleefully, by the industry's (basically healthy) bigger firms.
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And the main ingredient for this growth will be a wave of consolidation the shaman foresees.
Consolidation does makes it easier to track asset allocation and the relative performance of investments.
Banking is on another wave of consolidation, and bank lending is still an underdeveloped business inGreece.
Consolidation in the wine industry is being driven by Constellation, the world's biggest winemaker.
Prices closed near the session low today on profit taking from recent gains and on consolidation.
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