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frames-  The Dallas oil and gas concern said that [ARG0  $ 10 million *U* of the facility]  would be used *-1 *-3 to [rel  consolidate]  [ARG1  the company 's $ 8.1 million *U* of existing bank debt]  , to repurchase 4 million of its 4.9 million shares outstanding of Series D convertible preferred stock , and to purchase a 10 % net-profits interest in certain oil and gas properties from one of its existing lenders , National Canada Corp .
 -  But as Bill Austin , Giant 's president , puts it *T*-1 , `` With [ARG0  some of the bigger players]  [rel  consolidating]  [ARG1  their strength]  , the game has changed .
 -  In the second step of a reorganization that *T*-1 began earlier this year , Boeing Co. said 0 it will create [ARG0  a Defense and Space Group]  0 *T*-2 to [rel  consolidate]  [ARG1  several divisions]  .
 -  [ARGM-TMP  In May]  , [ARG0  the company]  [rel  consolidated]  [ARG1  its Aerospace and Electronics groups]  ; the new Defense and Space Group will contain the Aerospace and Electronics division and Advanced Systems , both based * in the Seattle area ; Boeing Helicopters in Philadelphia ; Boeing Military Airplanes in Wichita , Kan. , and ArgoSystems in Sunnyvale , Calif .
 -  [ARG0  Bethlehem]  is also working with the United Steelworkers union *-1 to [rel  consolidate]  [ARG1  BethForge 's two machine shops and four heat-treatment facilities of the press-forge operations]  .
 -  The other element includes [ARG0  *]  [rel  consolidating]  [ARG1  BethForge 's press-forge operations]  .
 -  Bostik is the first Emhart Corp. unit 0 *T*-1 to be sold *-2 as part of [ARG0  the power-tool manufacturer 's]  effort * to reduce debt and [rel  consolidate]  [ARG1  operations]  [ARGM-TMP  after it acquired Emhart earlier this year]  .
 -  Mr. Drabinsky , who *T*-2 would have had the right * to vote those shares for two years , said 0 [ARG0  the purchase , subsequently rejected * by regulators ,]  was aimed *-1 at * [rel  consolidating]  [ARG1  his control of the company]  .
 -  Sales dropped to $ 441.1 million *U* from $ 820.4 million *U* , because [ARG0  the company]  [ARGM-TMP  no longer]  [rel  consolidates]  [ARG1  its Eastern Steel division , which *T*-1 is now a joint venture with Kawasaki Steel Corp]  .
 -  There are [ARG1  at least 27 class-action shareholder suits]  that *T*-2 have been [rel  consolidated]  *-1 [ARGM-LOC  in federal court in New York]  [ARGM-MNR  under U.S. District Judge Milton Pollack]  .
 -  The plan may include [ARG0  *]  selling branches , [rel  consolidating]  or eliminating [ARG1  departments]  , and winding down *RNR*-1 or disposing of *RNR*-1 unprofitable units [ARGM-TMP  within 18 months]  .
 -  Ford Motor Co. said 0 [ARG0  it]  is [rel  consolidating]  [ARG1  control of its Asian operations]  [ARGM-MNR  under a new organization here that *T*-2 will be headed *-1 by W. Wayne Booker]  .
 -  More than ever , independent magazines and small publishing groups are being gobbled *-1 up by larger publishing groups , such as [ARG1  American Express Publishing Corp. , a unit of American Express Co. , and Conde Nast Publications Inc. , a unit of Advance Publications Inc.]  , which *T*-2 are [rel  consolidating]  [ARGM-PNC  in order *-3 to gain leverage with advertisers]  .
 -  The statistics follow a year-on-year rebound in [rel  consolidated]  and unconsolidated [ARG1  results]  in the full fiscal year ended in March 1989 , *-1 recovering from dismal results in the prior fiscal year as a result of the October 1987 stock market crash .
 -  Mr. Mark attributed the improvement to cost savings achieved * by [ARG0  *]  [rel  consolidating]  [ARG1  manufacturing operations]  , blending together two sales organizations and more carefully focusing the company 's promotional activities .
 -  Next year [ARG0  Western Digital]  plans *-1 to [rel  consolidate]  [ARG1  its operations]  from [ARG3-from  11 buildings in Irvine]  into [ARG2-into  two buildings in the same city a new headquarters and , a block away , a modern $ 100 million *U* silicon wafer fabrication plant]  .
 -  The move is part of [ARG0  Chase 's]  strategy * to [rel  consolidate]  [ARG1  its back offices]  [ARGM-LOC  under one roof]  .
 -  Japan Air Lines , Lufthansa German Airlines and Air France reportedly plan *-2 to form an international air-freight company this year , [ARG0  a move]  that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD  could]  [ARGM-MNR  further]  [rel  consolidate]  [ARG1  the industry]  .
 -  Commodore , West Chester , Pa. , had said in August that [ARG0  it]  was [rel  consolidating]  [ARG1  manufacturing]  [ARGM-PNC  *-1 to cut costs]  and expected *-1 to be profitable in the fiscal first quarter .
 -  [ARG0  The proposed holding company]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  [rel  consolidate]  [ARG1  Great American Bank in San Diego and its Tucson , Ariz. , savings bank]  into [ARG2-into  a single , federally chartered institution in San Diego]  .
 -  [ARG0  Mr. Krenz]  may need a bit of time *-2 to [rel  consolidate]  [ARG1  his empire]  , which *T*-1 would do a lot 0 *T*-3 to promote Reunification Scenario One .
 -  He said 0 the improvement was a result of cost savings achieved * by [ARG0  *]  [rel  consolidating]  [ARG1  manufacturing operations]  , blending two sales organizations and focusing more carefully the company 's promotional activities .
 -  With the February 1987 U.N. accords `` relating to Afghanistan , '' the Soviet Union got everything 0 [ARG0  it]  needed *T*-1 * to [rel  consolidate]  [ARG1  permanent control]  .
 -  The French electronics and defense group said 0 attributable [rel  consolidated]  [ARG1  net]  profit for the first six months of 1989 totaled 244 million francs -LRB- $ 38.4 million *U* -RRB- , compared with 130 million francs -LRB- $ 20.5 million *U* -RRB- in the corresponding period of
 -  GM officials told workers late last week of the following moves : [ARG1  Production of full-sized vans]  [ARGM-MOD  will]  be [rel  consolidated]  *-1 into [ARG2-into  a single plant in Flint , Mich]  .
 -  Joseph Riccardo , an analyst with Bear , Stearns & Co. , said that over the past few years [ARG0  most drug makers]  have shed their slow-growing businesses and instituted other cost savings , such as *-1 [rel  consolidating]  [ARG1  manufacturing plants and administrative staffs]  .
 -  [ARG0  The European defense industry]  is [rel  consolidating]  ; for instance , West Germany 's Siemens AG recently joined GEC in a takeover of Britain 's Plessey Co. , and Daimler-Benz agreed *-1 to buy Messerschmitt-Boelkow Blohm G.m.b . H .