You've worked during the past couple of years to move Micron away from commodity DRAM products, but doesn't this NAND deal actually bring you back closer to commodity products?
In Australia, Perth, located on the Indian Ocean and close to critical commodities such as iron ore, has also emerged in a big way.
Five years ago this wasn't the case but the production of good quality search results is getting very close to being a commodity - any mid-size company can do it".
As Mr. Bogle says, "Index funds are very close to being a commodity".
"In a business that is close to being a commodity, we need to break through," said John D. Kiker, vice president for worldwide communications at United.
Outsourcing is close to being a commodity, Mr Keil explains, and Sciant is losing out to Asian competitors, including nominally communist Vietnam, where taxes are low or negligible, officialdom actually helps, and qualified and willing labour is plentiful.The comparisons are striking.
We're getting close to the point where commodities traders will quot exchange rates on miles.
At $500, Potash shares could be worth $207 each, close to their highs during the commodity boom.
At that time, Argentina faced record low commodity prices; close to record appreciation of the dollar; a devaluation of the real (the currency of Brazil, which was Argentina's largest trade partner); and high international interest rates.
With regulatory controls in place that prevent companies from selling themselves cheap crude from their own production arms, companies like Exxon pay close to market value for the commodity.
