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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: i-node who wrote (478088)5/5/2009 5:05:20 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576349
 
"The price of letters of credit went up, and people who needed to ship badly enough paid the price. Everyone has a price."

Other than the fact that wasn't what happened...

Shipping ground to almost a halt. Not because the cost of the letters of credit, it was because shippers refused to accept them. At least, that is what they said. I can't really see an upside to them lying about it.