1.   Banking stocks have benefited from the consolidation moves.

2.   In a consolidation move, the company has merged the headquarters with its guidance and control division and other business activities.

3.   It is the latest in a series of consolidation moves in computer networking, as largely single-product companies seek to offer customers a full line of products.

4.   Hunters and animals rights activists have both criticized the consolidation moves - for very different reasons.

5.   The merger comes in the middle of consolidation moves throughout the insurance industry.