Last year, he augured cyclicality in the steel industry would never disappear in its entirety, but reckoned it could be managed with consolidation.
The departure of Angela Braly at Wellpoint (WLP) is among many exits of health plan CEOs coming as these executives grapple with consolidation and the new order brought on by the Affordable Care Act and demands from their employer clients that they keep a lid on medical costs.
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DebtConsolidationCare.com, which offers free advice to consumers with debt consolidation questions along with a free debt consolidation calculator, lists eight benefits of debt consolidation, including a single monthly payment, reduction of interest, and stopping collection calls.
It also said its proposal falls in line with the consolidation of the industry in Europe, including the proposed merger of rival British Airways with Spain's Iberia.
The German banking sector is also rife with rumours as well as attempts at consolidation, with giant insurer Allianz buying Dresdner.
But, just as with other markets, consolidation in New York has left patients and insurers with fewer choices.
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This level also matches up with a past consolidation, one the stock broke free from in February.
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If they do than airline consolidation with full government blessing will be complete.
Smithfield has played a major role in consolidation with acquisitions in the 1990s that turned it into the world's biggest hog farmer.
We remain flat and look to re-enter the market with little more consolidation in our target range we have identified for a year end rally.
But with Amazon growing ever stronger and attempting to bypass publishers entirely in favor of direct deals with authors, consolidation of some kind was inevitable.
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With or without consolidation, cable makers face a tough environment.
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Some analysts also expect the module manufacturing industry to see consolidation with smaller German and Chinese players going out of business in the future, which should further help module price improvement.
He asserts (without providing any evidence) that permanent consolidation is associated with lower fiscal multipliers, suggesting that the kind of fiscal consolidation that occurred in Europe in 2011 and 2012 will not have contributed to unexpectedly low growth.
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With these opportunities and with costs cut through consolidation, "They're going to mint money eventually on the lower cost structure, " he says.
It managed to clean itself up with the reduction and consolidation moves that took place as the stock price was plummeting during 2007-2008.
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In short, with the exception of the consolidation seen in July and August, most of the trends have been one-way affairs, with little, if any, countertrend action.
"The numbers underscore that the room for monetary policy easing is limited, even with progress on fiscal consolidation, " said Leif Eskesen, chief economist for India at HSBC.
The architects of a truly Europe-wide capital market, with a glance at consolidation among American exchanges, may hasten to encourage a pan-European solution, rather than fretting about silos.
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And we're looking forward to a fruitful discussion later this evening and tomorrow with the other G8 leaders about how we can manage a responsible approach to fiscal consolidation that is coupled with a strong growth agenda.
As a company in a bit of disarray, at a time of drug-sector consolidation, and with Icahn a potential voice for near-term profits, some investors are betting on Biogen as a buyout candidate.
One of the reasons for this consolidation was that with the transition of so many of its components to the new Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Treasury no longer warranted two IGs.
For decades, the number of independently operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans has fallen through consolidation to compete with rivals like Aetna (AET), Humana (HUM), Cigna (CI) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH) that have grown commercial business largely through acquisition.
Later, PwC also told Amerco that the consolidation would not interfere with its debt covenants, the suit says.
He and Bear expect to see continuing consolidation among service companies with innovation coming from startups which are eventually acquired by major players.
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But Bayer would be foolish to prevent the drug division, which is relatively small by international standards, from teaming up with another firm in some future consolidation.
Mr Bush had already signalled the consolidation of his cabinet with more like-minded figures last week when he replaced John Ashcroft, his hardline attorney-general, with an equally controversial figure, Alberto Gonzales.
Here, the literature also points to a positive feedback effect with decisive expenditure-based fiscal consolidation because this type of consolidation appears to foster growth, in particular in times of severe fiscal imbalances.
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