The situation has also changed the way some brokers operate.

So many brokers currently are operating in both counties, and they have to pay for two Multiple Listing Services.

That will mean changes in how brokers operate and are paid.

In contrast, the great brokers in rice, lumber and other commodities operated sprawling shops in the city.

None of the firms I've been associated with taught brokers to operate in this manner.

In general, prime brokers operate with the assurance that if a client blows up, they are not on the line for the losses.

Bankers, lawyers, brokers, insurance companies and investment firms routinely operate from offices in a dozen countries.

To deny a place to such expertise would send the arbitration process outside the everyday experience in which investors and their brokers routinely operate.

Until the company's internal investigation is concluded, its brokers will be operating under a cloud.

The brokers know one another and operate on a paperless honor system.