DRAM manufacturer Elpida Memory Inc. said it has halted a bruising price war that hurt sales early in the year amid signs a second half recovery in the memory market could help improved demand by up to 50 percent over the first half.DRAM manufacturer Elpida Memory Inc. said it has halted a bruising price war that hurt sales early in the year amid signs a second half recovery in the memory market could help improved demand by up to 50 percent over the first half. Few would argue that the world's most precious resource is human blood. After all, there is no substitute. Someone will need a blood transfusion in the next two seconds, according to LifeShare Blood Centers. But of the near 60 percent of those who are eligible to donate blood, less than five percent will actually do so.