1.   As Nick Cunningham, an analyst with Barclays de Zoete Wedd in London sees it, the consolidation movement now is in its second phase.

2.   Legislation contemplated in Congress could accelerate the consolidation movement.

3.   The mutual fund consolidation movement gathered more steam yesterday with the announcement of one big deal and an unofficial report that another is imminent.

4.   There is a massive consolidation movement going on in the United States and other parts of the world.