How global wave of mergers hits candidates, consumers.

Discusses the economic impact of mergers and acquisitions in the United States as of September 25, 2000. Reasons that US presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush have not spoken on the topic; Effect on consumers and employees in the US; Cause of the mergers including the emergence of a world market and the growth of the Internet; Possibility of antitrust action in the US against companies that have merged.