Almost everywhere, it seems, the banking industry is undergoing a rapid and sometimes startling process of consolidation, spurred occasionally by hostile takeover bids, more often by friendly mergers between institutions that were once fierce competitors.Last year, this mania for megabanks was most obvious in America.
The fighting along the nations' disputed border is a resumption of an exceptionally fierce two-year war.
It fought off several great powers until, at last, it fell under Dutch rule in 1903 after a fierce 30-year war.
JERUSALEM — The mainstream newspaper Maariv is on the verge of closing, apparently having lost a fierce 64-year contest against the populist Hebrew tabloid Yediot Aharonot.
In March 2010, feminists and women's organizations had celebrated the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the upper house, after a fierce 13-year debate among political parties.
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — President Obama touched off a fierce election-year confrontation with Congressional Republicans on Wednesday, defying their deep opposition to appoint Richard Cordray as director of a new consumer protection agency and fill three labor board vacancies.
WASHINGTON -- Drawing the lines for a fierce election-year battle over regulating the nation's financial system, Senate Republicans on Tuesday insisted that legislation proposed by Democrats and the White House would only encourage future taxpayer bailouts of big banks.
The controversy over the documents has been propelled by a volatile mix of fierce election-year rancor, daily disclosures pointing to potential weaknesses in CBS's report and the network's steadfast refusal to explain how it got the documents.
Despite the uninviting tableau, the small garden at 20 Henry Street, at the corner of Poplar Street in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, has been the focus of a fierce two-year battle.
The speech by Mr. Daschle, the Senate majority leader from South Dakota, was the opening shot in what is likely to be a fierce election-year struggle over the weak economy.
