"When you have consolidation, a lot of these players fall out.
Texas Pacific had consolidation in mind in 1999 when it bid for all of Piaggio.
"You have consolidation everywhere in the industry, whether you think that is a good or a bad thing," he said.
Nor has consolidation noticeably changed the type of business that banks in this country do or the way they do it.
"The U.S. market is a mature market — we've seen the shakeout, we've had consolidation," said Henry Harteveldt, a travel analyst with Forrester Research.
At a minimum, you have consolidation points outside the manufacturing center and de-consolidation points on this side.
How has consolidation among the biggest companies in credit cards and payments affected what you are trying to accomplish at Discover?
Only 5 (11.6%) patients had consolidation images.
One hundred seventy five patients (21.4%) had interstitial infiltrates on chest x-ray, and 157 patients (19.2%) had consolidation.
In addition to ground glass opacities, 2 patients had nodules without a halo sign, 2 had consolidation, and 1 had an air-crescent sign.
