21.   The move is part of a consolidation trend in auto parts.

22.   The merger is part of a rapidly accelerating consolidation trend among Internet commerce companies.

23.   The new chief executive of T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. thinks the best route to future success is independence, bucking the consolidation trend in the financial services business.

24.   The proposed deal continues the consolidation trend that has swept the pharmaceutical industry in recent years.

25.   The year-end flurry of biotech mergers is part of a long-term consolidation trend that will continue into the new year, industry observers say.

26.   What are some of the implications of the consolidation trend in American industries?

27.   A takeover of General Instruments may force other cable equipment makers to find partners, following the consolidation trend that is shrinking the number of cable TV operators.

28.   The consolidation trend started with the department stores, which have snapped up competitors and closed extra stores to prop up profit margins.

29.   This consolidation trend is one aspect of the economic restructuring now underway in Europe, several years after a similar upheaval in the United States.

30.   With the consolidation trend, servers which are required will be larger to serve larger databases.