The western proposals, with the possible exception of Glenshane as noted above, consolidate SF's areas of strength.
Sometimes there may be a single sheet or several sheets of Numbered Drawing Notes that consolidate all or most of the drawing notes for an entire set of drawings.
Bain, which has spent $17 billion buying companies since 1984, will pay $258 million in cash and give Consolidated a note for $45 million and warrants valued at $2 million.
Julie Andersen, a professor at the nonprofit Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato, California, notes that the report consolidates information in a way that's accessible to an educated lay audience.
The American Trial Lawyers Association has organized a litigation group around the Firestone tires, in which lawyers representing plaintiffs across the country can compare notes, and perhaps consolidate suits.
Big European bourses, he notes, may be consolidated geographically; offer a vast array of products; and do their own clearing and settlement as well as trading.Despite being the world's largest equity exchange, the NYSE looks flat-footed by comparison.
But as Juha-Pekka Helminen, former Director of Strategy at Nokia, noted on Twitter, consolidating marketing and sales and supply chains would not add up to $600 million.
Supporters of current policy also note that the industry has already consolidated enormously, and they argue that the results have been detrimental to consumers.
Note that we have not attempted to consolidate the names of the themes, leaving the complete description as found in the sources.
They also note that the Soviet Union was able to consolidate itself as a superpower, which in turn increased their influence in non-communist Third World countries.
