21.   The rival Chicago Mercantile Exchange earlier this year halved the tick in certain Eurodollar contracts, causing many local traders to leave that market.

22.   There was sneering that the contracts were being traded back and forth between local traders in the Chicago pits, but not being bought by real speculators.

23.   Orange juice futures gained on the New York Cotton Exchange due to buying by local traders and other speculators, participants said.

24.   Police closed the city center to traffic and cordoned off all government buildings, said Akbar Husseinpour, a local trader.

25.   Problems facing exports to Burma were identified last week at a meeting between local traders and ministry officials.

26.   A local trader, Ayub Khan said people are preparing for the worst.

27.   A local trader gives her cloth and pays for the stitching.

28.   After the news of the Saudi stance, buying by speculative commodity funds forced local traders to buy futures to balance out previous sales, a floor trader said.

29.   As police brace for another round of weekly anti-government demonstrations Saturday, local traders and politicians on Friday pleaded for calm.

30.   Both border crossings are temporary checkpoints, mainly for the use of local traders and migrant laborers.