His likely successor at NYSE Euronext (nyse: NYX - news - people ), Duncan Niederauer, is a fellow Goldman alum who has expressed disdain for floor brokers--another sign the ever-shrinking auction floor of the Big Board is giving way to NYSE's electronic systems.

FORBES: Merrill Hires Mr. Fix-It

Only rarely can a chief executive jump out a forty-fourth-floor window after a board meeting (The Hudsucker Proxy), or will a boss send a message as dramatic as the horse's head left in a bed in The Godfather.

FORBES: Magazine Article

He bought an electric saw and some lumber to patch the second-floor gallery, but every time he was halfway through a board a fuse would blow in the spider-haunted circuit box in the kitchen.

NEWYORKER: Idols

Queens resident Danielle Forgione is scrambling to sell her second-floor apartment after a neighbor complained about 1-year-old Petey the pig to the co-op board.

WSJ: New Yorkers boldly flout law to keep pigs

Without being able to capture a solid vocal track on the bustling show floor here at NAMM, we unfortunately can't speak to the quality of that on-board condenser microphone.

ENGADGET

Danielle Forgione is scrambling to sell her second-floor Queens apartment after a neighbor complained about 1-year-old Petey the pig to the co-op board.

WSJ: Pigs May Fly Before Finding a Legal Home in the City

The boom over the last six years coincides with the introduction of electronic trading side-by-side with floor traders at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (nyse: CME - news - people ) and the Board of Trade.

FORBES: Goldman Leads The Risk Parade