1.   A new breed of digital competitors called electronic communications networks is directly matching buyers and sellers of stock, and could soon bypass the existing exchanges altogether.

2.   ECNs work by passively matching buyers and sellers, electronically and instantaneously.

3.   He had left that company last fall to join Industry.Net, which specializes in matching buyers and sellers of industrial equipment on the Internet.

4.   Nearly all of the successful Internet companies, of course, are essentially in the business of matching buyer and seller.

5.   Professionals responsible for matching buyers and sellers keep the difference, which is considered a cost of doing business for investors.

6.   The Exchange is a national brokerage for used computers, and its job is matching buyer and seller.

7.   Consequently, the cost of matching buyers and sellers is higher, he said.

8.   Meanwhile there were signs that political pressure behind the scenes might have had a hand in matching French buyers to the seller.