"But they failed to answer the most obvious question: Why do I need to learn a whole new language if I'm a busy trader?" "I gave our traders a choice: You can keep your Reuters terminal or your Bloomberg, but you can't have both," says Powell.
Some of the busiest traders in the UK saw the cut they paid to Amazon soar from 7%to14%4%, and in Germany fees for tyre sellers lifted from 7%to10%0%.
On busy days traders jostled for a space.
A billion pound bid, a deal between two major brewers, a host of takeover speculation and a U-turn over Northern Rock kept traders busy today ahead of the pre-budget report.
Market traders busy themselves manufacturing babouches – leather shoes, locally regarded as the only footwear worth wearing – and a young businessman veers, horrified, around a drunken snake charmer.
There was plenty of mergers and acquisitions action to keep European traders busy on Monday, and renewed buying pushed leading indexes into the green at the close.
It has also kept the block traders busy as institutions seek to dump holdings that disappoint in favor of stocks that are moving, and those that come up with favorable earnings surprises.
At a short distance, in another assortment of coverings, were traders busy selling kebabs and luxuries radios, bolts of cloth, pointy-toed leather shoes.
The limo traveled this road into the busy business district of Kinshasa, population 2.5 million, former vortex of slave and ivory traders, until recently known as Leopoldville.
The figures, regarded as a barometer of economic confidence, are up 5.3% on March last year, making it the busiest month for traders since twice-yearly number plate changes were introduced in 1999.
