1.   As public companies, insurers could also more easily gobble one another up, speeding a consolidation process that is already under way.

2.   But Hicks said his consolidation process was tougher.

3.   Seitel eliminated intercompany revenue transfers as part of the consolidation process.

4.   Acting Secretary for Works Lee Shing-see told the Provisional Legislative Council yesterday that soil settlement was an inevitable consolidation process in all reclamation projects.

5.   As part of the consolidation process of the industry, AMFB has proposed the acquisition of the assets and liabilities of Abrar Finance, Advance Finance and Sime Finance.

6.   As the financial institutions will benefit from the on-going consolidation process, confidence in the Thai financial system will be restored.

7.   He added that the group has a undergone massive consolidation process.

8.   However, he did not mention a definite target as to the eventual number of unit trust companies that will exist after the consolidation process.

9.   In the shorter term, a consolidation process is expected to check weaknesses in the domestic financial system.

10.   The consolidation process can be seen positively.