This behavior is common to any capital intensive business with a lag time, and I have described the similarity of the semiconductor market to airlines and shipping firms in an earlier post.
Meanwhile, Apple will launch the new version of the iPad, the Motorola Xoom and scads of other Android pads will hit the market and Research In Motion will be shipping the Playbook.
In an earlier post I likened the semiconductor market to airlines and shipping, two other capital-intensive markets with undifferentiated products.
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There was plenty of sorghum (the local staple crop) in nearby countries and either buying and shipping it by truck or perhaps even just giving money to starving people and watching the market get food to them would be quicker than anything else that could be done.
An insurer, if one can be found, could easily charge 4% of the market value of the stockpile, plus security and shipping charges.
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Rival Hewlett-Packard retained first place, shipping 15.9 million units and taking 18% of the market.
The tariff structure has, predictably, led to a loss in market share to the roads, oil pipelines and coastal shipping.
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They complain that barriers to China's domestic market mean that India is mostly shipping unrefined minerals and primary goods, getting finished products in return.
Samsung increased its smartphone market share by shipping an estimated 68 million smartphones and accounting for approximately 34% of all smartphone shipments in the quarter.
Seagate, Western Digital and Toshiba are shipping hybrid HDDs targeted for the ultra-thin mobile computer market with up to 8 GB of flash memory and 1 TB hard disk storage.
Sanctions would disrupt a major portion of the U.S.-Chinese shipping market controlled by Cosco, whose business lines include port terminals and warehousing, insurance, real estate and hotel management.
The Asia Pacific iron ore division provides four direct shipping export products to Asia via the global seaborne trade market, and has a rated annual production capacity of 9 million tons of iron ore.
Apple was the star performer, shipping 37.0 million iPhones worldwide and capturing a highest-ever 8 percent market share.
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Shipping costs are lower, transit times are faster, and his product is on the market quicker.
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The Kindle Fire sizzled during its debut in the last quarter of 2011, shipping 3.9 million units, and capturing a 14% share of the tablet market, according to ISuppli.
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But now this wisdom is being stood on its head: though it may not be worth shipping cement from Mexico to Europe, know-how and investment can be swiftly poured into any market.
In downtown Brooklyn, NY, Dekalb Market this summer will band together a small village of shipping containers to shill fresh produce, food and coffee.
"The shipping market has been hit by a triple whammy of bad weather, weaker Chinese iron-ore demand and public holidays, " Mr. Williams of Braemar Seascope said.
Now, China appears to be picking up this newly available market share, a mutually beneficial arrangement, as Iran needs the gasoline and China has surplus refining and shipping capacity.
Number two vendor Samsung experienced 263% year-on-year growth, shipping nearly 8 million combined Android and Windows 8 tablets during the quarter to grab 15.1% of the market, its same market share total from the previous quarter.
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