The players claim there are no hard feelings, but the front offices traded barbs after the signings and there will be plenty of extra juice for this game.
Over the years, the lower-margin, less-profitable part of financial services — back offices, trading operations, mutual-fund management — has left expensive Manhattan in search of lower costs.
It is worth pausing to imagine scores of Burmese bureaucrats walking briskly through the halls of government offices, trading witty barbs and inspirational quotations on their way to creating a contemporary democratic utopia.
The spectre of "old corruption" – a deadening lattice of sweetheart deals, public offices traded for personal profit – was a permanent fixture at British elections until the mid-19th century.
Even if the FotoShow never becomes standard set-top equipment, its no-motion pictures will surely be appearing soon at realty offices, trade-show booths and wedding receptions near you.
In addition to these scheduled event sites, fundraisers also travel across the Philippines, visiting offices, trade fairs and other institutions.
But Mr. Ackerman moves on to his main question: Were the chief investment office trades gambling?
JPMorgan was getting into major collateral disputes with its trading partners over the investment office trades in the second half of April.
The frequency of 49 percent office trades in recent months suggests that sellers are well aware of this tax trigger and are taking steps to avoid that cost through partial-interest transactions.
When the Nets seemed to be standing around watching each other on the court, the front office traded a star player for Jason Kidd, whose passing skills have forced this once-wooden team to actually get out and run.
