The $19 billion that Facebook has committed to purchasing WhatsApp is basically unprecedented.
Those slightly steeper price tags could mean that the devices will be a tougher sell to consumers pondering a switch to prepaid (especially considering that Virgin's top-tier Android smartphones top out at $299), but the thing to remember is that Sprint has committed to purchasing over $15.5 billion worth of iPhones over four years.
In December, the German development minister also told World Bank to put "an end to investments in obsolete and climate-damaging technologies". renewable energy in 2017 and has committed to purchasing 2.6 gigawatts of electricity under long-term contracts with renewable energy providers that's more than many large utilities, and up 0.6 GW from a year ago.
(See "Singapore, Korea State Funds Riding Merrill's Bull").. Temasek Holdings, Merrill Lynch's largest shareholder, has committed to purchase $3.4 billion of common stock in the offering.
Hertz has committed to purchase: the Nissan Leaf, the Mistubishi i-MiEV, the Chevy Volt, and electric cars from Coda and Smart, Broome verified.
Gonzalez also noted that PepsiCo is a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, and the company has committed to purchase exclusively 100% certified sustainable palm oil for PepsiCo products by 2015. .
Likewise, Mnuchin returned from Buenos Aires on Monday and said China had committed to purchasing $1.2 trillion in U.S. goods and services — an amount roughly equal to nine years' worth of China's current purchases of American-made products.
Customers are guaranteed to pay no more than the maximum price they've indicated for a good, and once the time period is up for a particular group buy, all of those who have committed to purchasing will pay the lowest price reached.
Though the company has committed to only purchasing the first 20 trucks, "I can't envision any reason why we wouldn't roll this out over the whole fleet," said David J. Bronczek, president of the company's FedEx Express unit.
Dow has already paid Symyx $10 million for the purchase of robotic tools and has committed to pay Symyx another $60 million through 2009, plus royalties on discoveries.
