The slowdown in PC shipments, combined with intense competition and macro headwinds, has placed DRAM market in oversupply.
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Mr Kohl is surely thankful for effective ministers (they are not in oversupply), but not for one who gets too big for his army boots.
With additional capacity kicking in over the next 4-5 years, we may eventually see supply outpacing demand, which would result in oversupply and a consequent decline in spot market prices.
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The semiconductor industry is in an oversupply, largely led by DRAM.
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Not only will currently-oversupplied products like LCD screens and DRAMs remain in an oversupply, but other components that are not currently oversupplied will enter an oversupply this quarter.
The semiconductor industry is in an oversupply, and as long as it lasts (which should continue until the middle of 2013) many semiconductor vendors will report quarterly losses.
Capital becomes scarce, rather than being in chronic oversupply.
The growth in demand for solar technology from China could ease the oversupply situation in the industry as traditional markets in Europe look to cut down subsidies enjoyed by renewable sources.
With huge oversupply in some industries, and big rises in raw-materials costs, many manufacturers are having to endure wafer-thin margins.
"There now seems to be an oversupply in the gold market, " said an Ahmedabad-based bullion dealer, who didn't want to be identified.
Disappointment on the ground has also meant oversupply in the skies.
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Falling rates come amid sliding volumes, and the resulting oversupply in the shipping industry that went from boom to bust because of the global credit crisis.
For years, analysts have warned of the impending oversupply in the dry bulk shipping markets as newbuilds were coming online faster than demand for raw materials was growing.
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The appearance of such cheap wine in America, however, is something new, made possible by an unprecedented oversupply of grapes in California.
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That oversupply, in turn, was caused by the confluence of several factors, says Mr Fredrikson.
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However, as the restocking cycle came to an end, demand declined creating an oversupply of steel in the market.
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With weak consumer demand and oversupply of semiconductors in the market, semiconductor manufacturers are delaying their expansion plans indefinitely, and that???s what we're seeing reflected in ASML's guidance.
Of course, we are concerned that margin compression in the memory products market may be unavoidable, but we tend to agree with the UBS analysts that oversupply concerns may already be priced in.
As a consequence, drillers continued to punch holes in the ground even as the oversupply situation became clear.
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However, rapid expansion of hotels and resorts in years past has caused an oversupply of hotel rooms at properties along the Las Vegas Strip.
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An oversupply of solar panels in the global market and a tariff recently set by the U.S. government prompted the decision to scale back production, Suntech said.
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The oversupply-driven recession in 2001 "was horrific, " Mitsch says.
The oversupply problem began to surface in early 2011 and led to a near 50% drop in wholesale solar panel prices last year.
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He said that restaurants would plan well ahead, judging what was popular and then making the most of oversupply by using these ingredients in "chef's specials".
The Thai floods that have cut the production of HDD makers like Seagate could cause fewer PCs to be manufactured, and that would create an oversupply for all the devices in the PC that are not manufactured in Thailand.
Oversupply of solar equipment and polysilicon in China means that companies are desperate for sales.
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Now, at least, the rich world's steel firms are in better shape to weather another bout of oversupply.
Some in the industry talk of there being an oversupply, as if their product were lumber or soybeans.
Good retail and residential properties will continue to do well this year, she said, but office space is in for a tougher time because it faces oversupply.
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