Whirlpool has moved a lot of operations overseas, and that's helped out with their costs.

Through their product offering, price-competitiveness, and moving production overseas, Whirlpool has been able to compete on price. That's how they've been winning.

We are faced with two disastrous alternatives -- unacceptably high costs or cessation of operations,

The drilling rigs that we have in the Gulf have basically ceased operations ... and moved to a safe location.

We at Hoover are definitely pulling for Whirlpool.

While American farmers are Monsanto's main customers, much of their market is also overseas, where they've helped develop crops exclusively for Third World countries, including a variety of disease-resistant sweet potato.