31.   Nicholas, the eldest, runs the office of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in Moscow and Michael heads the East European debt trading desk of Paribas Capital Markets in London.

32.   One firm employee unplugged the automatic system for its entire Nasdaq trading desk for several months without anyone noticing.

33.   Other activity was concentrated between Wall Street trading desks, where traders adjusted their portfolios in advance of the weekend.

34.   Prices are prone to swing more sharply in the summer when trading desks are lightly staffed, they said.

35.   Racing into the nearby atrium, they began feverishly contacting their trading desks on their cell phones and Blackberries to report a bombshell for investors.

36.   Prices can swing more sharply in the summer when trading desks are lightly staffed, they said.

37.   Sean got Charlie a job working with him on the trading desk at Cantor Fitzgerald.

38.   She was an assistant on the foreign exchange trading desk of Carr Futures, a fast-paced job that required a high energy level and suited her personality just fine.

39.   She set up a trading desk with video stock quotes and direct telephone lines to brokerage houses.

40.   So with a computer, the right trading desk and a lot of nerve, you can lose a billion.