For as long as the world economy was growing fast, financial markets commanded grudging allegiance.
But despite a costly investment, the company has a much smaller share of the search market here than it does in other major markets, commanding only about one in three searches by Chinese.
"In the fight for market command over food," Mr Sen noted in his book, "one group can suffer precisely from another group's prosperity, with the Devil taking the hindmost".Nigeria, with Burkina Faso and Mali, has also restricted grain exports to Niger this year, violating its trade treaties with the country.
Not all castles on the market command such royal prices.
Stalls near the front of the market command higher prices, which means that only the higher-end merchants will end up there.
They said they spent about $110,000 for their condos, almost twice what the local real estate market commands.
In some circles, the stock market commands almost as much attention as sports, and in these precincts the month was also notable.
A decade ago, regular cabs effectively were the market, commanding roughly 80percentt of full-size sales, according to AutoPacific, a market research group.
EBay is still far and away the biggest auction site on the market, commanding about 95percentt of auction listings, according to Jupiter Research, an Internet consultancy.
