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Oracle RAC has come a long way in establishing itself as a key technology in delivering unparalleled high availability and scalability solutions for Oracle databases. Forrester estimates that there are more than 1,200 customers who are currently using RAC in production, and this is likely to double in the next 12 to 18 months as enterprises look to deploy low-cost commodity servers and extend their applications to support higher availability.

Standard & Poor's does not expect major margin improvement in fiscal 2006 for the larger players. Even though commodity prices have stabilized, they remain at historical highs.

Some of these commodity stocks continue to surprise us today.

Some of the commodity investors went back into the market with the Iranian issue still looming as a worry.

Our strong operating results in the third quarter of 2005, bolstered by continuing high commodity prices, should lead to a record year for the company.

Glenn Tilton

other U.S. competitors who provide a commodity product with the barest minimum of service.

Right now, the acceleration in commodity prices tips the scales for a 16th and a 17th rate hike by the Fed.

Red dirt is a big commodity because of all the growth in the area. It gives that solid foundation everybody's looking for.

We note that the judge has explicitly said that, irrespective of any intellectual property, database, or other rights, BHB has, in the data, a valuable commodity for which it is entitled to charge.

It isn't like you are replacing something (industrial and office properties) that is a precious commodity at this point. Vacancy rates are still pretty high.

I think people need to watch the commodity markets to know what's going on. That's where all the money is, where all the leverage is, it's the emerging market play.

Funds are throwing a lot of money at all the commodities, and most of the commodity markets have been rallying.

Kimberly-Clark is currently facing a number of global challenges, including commodity cost pressures (natural gas, fiber, energy), higher selling, general and administrative costs and a still difficult playing field in Western Europe.

I think it definitely helps me. We're a commodity in today's game.

It is all fund liquidation, probably commodity-index related. This was a commodity flush-out.

I think the market's come to realize that economic growth in the U.S. is not threatened by higher oil and commodity prices. Regional markets also benefited from positive fund flows.

I think the American industry has stopped considering (small cars) as commodity vehicles,

Gold put in a pretty good performance. When the dollar has been strong, commodity prices have been weaker, and when the dollar has weakened there has been a rebound.

Gold is a hot commodity now, so more people, especially large hedge funds, are paying attention.

I expect higher commodity prices and escalating short-term interest rates to push regional growth down significantly in the second half of 2006.

I expect a weaker opening here due to a higher yen and a fall in U.S. stocks, while a halt in recent rises in oil, gold and other commodity prices is a plus.

If we see signs that the economy is in fact slowing, and inflation remains contained, then the pause is a positive for stocks. But if we see tightness in the labor market, pressure in commodity markets, that could suggest we will see further hikes.

He was a known commodity to a lot of the Indiana schools out there. They shied away because of his size.

I would be interested in what those Fed members who are concerned about longer-term risks to the economy say in terms of any damage from higher energy prices and commodity prices.

The purpose of the fund is to invest in habit-forming small ticket items which people think they can't live without, ... That turns out to (include) liquor and tobacco. But that's not it. I hate to tell you. The No. 1 habit-forming commodity is toilet paper.

We have significantly increased our short-term and long-term commodity price forecasts to reflect our expectation of sustained tight markets and ongoing deficits in 2006.

Miners have been massive in the past 12 months. The commodity bull-run has been enormous.

Mark Zandi

The principal linkages between Japan and the U.S. global economies are trade, financial markets, and commodity markets.

Bryan Cranston

I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.

Gautam Adani

Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.

Sarah Churchwell

Top-up fees mean that universities are increasingly under pressure to confer degrees upon students, who perceive the degree as a commodity they've purchased. Failure doesn't enter into anyone's calculations.

Adam Smith

The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating.

Richard Griffiths

The reaction today will be fairly neutral because it's very near what analysts were forecasting. In terms of share price is going to be led more by the commodity prices.