He predicts that Cisco's territory, which is the core of the computer network, will become a commodity whose value lies only in its ability to move bits as quickly as possible (although, to be fair to Cisco, it is a commodity that many firms would love to supply).
What we found when we were running Jajah is that even though telecommunications is a commodity it is wide open to online fraud.
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But it is unusual in that the commodity being bought and sold does not exist: it is the certified absence of carbon emissions.
Other commodities don't stand as long, so it is a safer commodity compared to many pulses.
If recent reform efforts have taught us anything it is that good will is a rare commodity.
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It is the gaming experience that is the commodity here and certain games will survive and thrive based on their attractiveness and value to end consumers.
It is generally accepted that commodity price trends mark the stability of the currency in which they are denominated.
Since then, industrialised economies have reduced their dependence on oil, but it is still a crucial commodity, and OPEC still accounts for around 40% of world oil production.
As I noted last Thursday, it is my view that commodity correction should end this summer, providing a buying opportunity into what I see as a positive long-term trend.
But, it is steadier than any other commodity or good or service yet discovered.
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The whole notion of transforming wine into an object, a product, a pseudo-quantifiable commodity, it is profoundly repugnant.
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Moreover, these days it is not only manufacturers and commodity-mongers who can expect a visit from the competition cops.
It is the number one traded commodity in the world of wine, with roughly a 50% share of the market.
Arguably, then, gold's rise to date is not as much a reflection on U.S. monetary management as it is an echo of the commodity boom.
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Pacific Crest Securities analyst Brent Bracelin is bullish on Dell's continued market share and sales growth, particularly in enterprise computing, since it is so focused on delivering commodity technology to the masses.
It is also something of a commodity business.
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Green, who recently upped his hiring target from 37, 000 to 47, 000, with major plans to build out staff in India, says talent may be considered a global commodity but it is also mostly highly specialized.
That said, as fixed-line voice telephony becomes a low-growth commodity, it is Sprint's mobile-phone arm and its 4m subscribers that must seem irresistible to Mr Ebbers, especially in the wake of last week's deal to unite the American wireless assets of Vodafone AirTouch with Bell Atlantic's mobile business.
This argument over price volatility is simply an excuse: food commodity speculation is bad just because it is and it must be stopped.
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Just about any other commodity, whether it is livestock, sugar, coffee, or metals, have all seen values fall.
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The fact is there is not a direct correlation there because it's a global commodity and the price of oil globally is affected by a number of factors, including economic growth in China, India, Brazil, and other countries, as well as this one, and by a lack of stability in various regions of the world.
It is often assumed that periods of sharp commodity price increase are congruent with periods of overall price inflation.
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The primary goal of defending the technological infrastructure is to protect the commodity that it stores and transmits.
Medicine prolongs life and slows aging, but personal satisfaction is as elusive a commodity as it was for Dorian Gray.
Given the world of Lockhart Gardner and how much it's struggling, David Lee is a commodity and will have a lot of confrontations with the Nathan Lane character.
So, a better way of thinking about the volatility of gold and other commodity prices is to view it as a 40-year period of unprecedented volatility in the price or purchasing power of the dollar.
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But after so much selling, it is disappointing that the low volume bounce on mostly beaten down former leaders and commodity stocks from May 18th is the best the market can do.
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