← Back to context Comment by marcosdumay 4 months ago A single company that never made a profit outbiding the entire world is normal? 7 comments marcosdumay Reply YetAnotherNick 4 months ago Yes. In fact that's not just normal, that's very frequent in market. MBCook 4 months ago Please provide historical examples. MrBuddyCasino 4 months ago The first known example is the 6th century BC, where a greek philosopher cornered the market on olive oil presses, because he predicted a richt harvest via his knowledge of astronomy:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornering_the_market#Thales_of... YetAnotherNick 4 months ago Tyson Foods, Cargill, JBS, and National Beef controls roughly 85% of the U.S. beef marketCVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx manage over 80% of all prescriptions in the U.SAmazon buys 50% of all books.These examples are even more extreme than at least 3 major clouds present in the US buying hardware. 3 replies →
YetAnotherNick 4 months ago Yes. In fact that's not just normal, that's very frequent in market. MBCook 4 months ago Please provide historical examples. MrBuddyCasino 4 months ago The first known example is the 6th century BC, where a greek philosopher cornered the market on olive oil presses, because he predicted a richt harvest via his knowledge of astronomy:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornering_the_market#Thales_of... YetAnotherNick 4 months ago Tyson Foods, Cargill, JBS, and National Beef controls roughly 85% of the U.S. beef marketCVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx manage over 80% of all prescriptions in the U.SAmazon buys 50% of all books.These examples are even more extreme than at least 3 major clouds present in the US buying hardware. 3 replies →
MBCook 4 months ago Please provide historical examples. MrBuddyCasino 4 months ago The first known example is the 6th century BC, where a greek philosopher cornered the market on olive oil presses, because he predicted a richt harvest via his knowledge of astronomy:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornering_the_market#Thales_of... YetAnotherNick 4 months ago Tyson Foods, Cargill, JBS, and National Beef controls roughly 85% of the U.S. beef marketCVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx manage over 80% of all prescriptions in the U.SAmazon buys 50% of all books.These examples are even more extreme than at least 3 major clouds present in the US buying hardware. 3 replies →
MrBuddyCasino 4 months ago The first known example is the 6th century BC, where a greek philosopher cornered the market on olive oil presses, because he predicted a richt harvest via his knowledge of astronomy:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornering_the_market#Thales_of...
YetAnotherNick 4 months ago Tyson Foods, Cargill, JBS, and National Beef controls roughly 85% of the U.S. beef marketCVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx manage over 80% of all prescriptions in the U.SAmazon buys 50% of all books.These examples are even more extreme than at least 3 major clouds present in the US buying hardware. 3 replies →
Yes. In fact that's not just normal, that's very frequent in market.
Please provide historical examples.
The first known example is the 6th century BC, where a greek philosopher cornered the market on olive oil presses, because he predicted a richt harvest via his knowledge of astronomy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornering_the_market#Thales_of...
Tyson Foods, Cargill, JBS, and National Beef controls roughly 85% of the U.S. beef market
CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx manage over 80% of all prescriptions in the U.S
Amazon buys 50% of all books.
These examples are even more extreme than at least 3 major clouds present in the US buying hardware.
3 replies →