1.   Most of the consolidation effort will take place before the end of the year, he added.

2.   Since buying another company is usually safer, Wall Street so far has applauded consolidation efforts.

3.   Still, consolidation efforts in other parts of Latin America suggest an alternative similar to that forwarded by Canhedo of Vasp.

4.   The question, though, is whether any future consolidation effort in Europe will be stymied by the same combination of national and vested interests and other hurdles.

5.   However, it called for continued budgetary consolidation efforts by the Finnish government to face rising expenditure pressures due to the aging of the population.

6.   The European Union Commission on Wednesday called on the European aerospace industry to speed up its restructuring and consolidation efforts to meet the U.S. challenge in the industry.

7.   In this context, governments need to implement existing consolidation efforts and strengthen them as necessary.