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On Wednesday night Mr. Arafat signed a decree consolidating about a dozen Palestinian security agencies into three, a senior aide, Jibril Rajoub, told Reuters.
Postal officials said they were able to curb the losses by cutting back the hours at many post offices, reducing staff through attrition and consolidating about half of the service's processing plants.
With convection consolidating about a potential center of circulation, the Japan Meteorological Agency classified the broad system as a tropical depression the following day.
By April 13, a low-level circulation had formed and started consolidating about 260 km (160 mi) southeast of Bislig City on Mindanao island in the Philippines.
Gillette plans to close 14 plants and 12 warehouses and eliminate or consolidate about 30 office facilities worldwide.
Mr. Tenet is charged with guiding the effort to consolidate about a dozen Palestinian security forces and increase their discipline and accountability.
The company said in October that it planned to close or consolidate about 20 plants because of declining sales, but it did not release details.
While ski manufacturing's major players continue to consolidate — about a half-dozen companies own established brands like K2, Rossignol and Salomon — the independents go after underserved niche markets, from big-mountain skiers seeking supreme flotation in powder to nonconformists who want to stand out in the lift line.
To reach that goal, the governor would consolidate about 70percentt of state aid now spread through nearly a dozen different programs into one program and give greater spending flexibility to each district -- a potentially useful approach provided it does not become an excuse for cutting vital spending in special education or other areas.
Because no truth commission has been established to look into the events in the region, the Milosevic trial may be one of the only venues in which a great deal of evidence was consolidated about the conflicts (Human Rights Watch 2006, p. 14).
Enlisting the services of Jimmy Choo, a Malaysian immigrant and east London cobbler — and taking a loan and "kitchen MBA" from her father, entrepreneur Tommy Yeardye — Mellon set about consolidating one of luxury's highest-profile recent success stories.
