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Vodafone could also lose the 1&1 network rental agreement if German mobile consolidation occurs.

Staff were already on edge over the consolidation when a long-awaited round of layoffs hit Whole Foods Tuesday morning in Amazon’s aggressive drive to cut costs and trim its corporate workforce.

Recent consolidation likely building a handle on cup base.

The deal will give Compass a lot of leverage, and could have downstream effects in terms of catalyzing additional consolidation as other brokerages aim to grow their share inorganically.

Republicans could also try to fix some ObamaCare regulations like the medical-loss ratio that obliges insurers to spend 80% of premiums on claims, which in practice is a profit cap that has driven industry consolidation.