On the other hand, some analystscontend that U.S. Airways could realize hundreds of millions of dollars in synergies and pick up assets (like airplanes and facilities) that service several vital hubs on the cheap.
Consumer advocates and some industry analystscontend that the agency long courted big banks to choose the OCC as their regulator by offering a lax approach to supervision and taking the side of banks in striking down state consumer-protection laws.
However, analysts and industry experts contend health care reform will happen out of necessity, whether through the Affordable Care Act or the momentum it already has created since being passed over two years ago.
The controversy will continue because on one side there will be analysts who will continue to contend that Z10 and Q10 will be hard pressed to gain over 5% market share.