But there is no reason for the Time Warner companies to market only through AOL's pipes.
Many middle-class Americans participate in the market only through mutual funds.
Shiseido cannot hope to tap into that market only through providing personal customer attention.
UBS and Goldman have not suffered similar fates, but, while present in the domestic market, have been fairly irrelevant.The new approval for JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley allows them into the domestic market only through one-third stakes in joint ventures to be carved out of two of China's smaller securities firms.
And although the company is, according to analysts, regaining some of the market share in food storage bags, it is gaining that market share only through promotional discounts, which likely will hurt margins and could invite further competitive pressure.
The crux of the matter, helped by corporate takeovers, was that niche markets existed only through the good graces of the mainstream, so that the Mecca of "independent" film-making became a film festival launched by a movie star and kept vital by Hollywood agents.
And he was ruthlessly protective of the brand, using his own paramours and children to play his compositions, acting as his own soundman and marketing his recordings only through Stockhausen Verlag, at sky-high prices.
Goldman is just tiptoeing into the market: only four securities a day trade through its "GSessions" exchange.
In particular, we wonder whether the UIS might favour stable labour markets paths, not only through the pure matching effect (i.e., by increasing job match quality by allowing individuals to wait for better job offers) but also by favouring the transition from unstable to stable jobs.
So they quit their jobs, got developers Mat Clayton and Sam Cooke on board, and built an invite-only beta which they marketed primarily through Twitter, signing up around 100 new users a day.
