11.   City fathers promise to save the famous Bund, a stately row of British-built banks and trading houses.

12.   European trading houses probably shipped coffee to exchange warehouses in the U.S. because of low demand, analysts said.

13.   For years, Sheldon Maschler was head trader and dominated the firm, an over-the-counter stock trading house.

14.   He said other trading houses were involved in the pirate sales yet declined to name them.

15.   He worked for an insurance company in Los Angeles, then for a trading house on Wall Street.

16.   Hong Kong, buttressed by great trading houses, the rise of formidable banks and its vastly superior harbor, insured the eclipse of Macau.

17.   In April, Bankers Trust agreed to acquire Baltimore-based trading house Alex.

18.   In Sydney, Australian wool prices steadied this week following two weeks recovery, amid widespread competition dominated by Japanese trading houses and European buyers.

19.   Investors searching for signs that Japanese corporate sales will grow this fiscal year ought to take a special look at trading houses.

20.   Instead, the product was first sold to a Japanese trading house, which then exported it to the U.S. for sale at the agreed-on prices.