"Everybody is out there trying to replace the former function of the floor broker, " says Steve Sanders, a managing director and head of business development at Interactive Brokers.

FORBES: A New Kind Of Exchange

BP, which had been leasing the rig from Transocean, says the safety device that was supposed to cut oil flow on the ocean floor in the event of a well blowout did not perform its function.

FORBES

Transocean ( RIG - news - people ), says the safety device that was supposed to cut oil flow on the ocean floor in the event of a well blowout did not perform its function.

FORBES: The Gulf Oil Leak

Visitors to the estate will be struck by the gorgeous vastness of the first-floor rooms, in contrast to the relatively plain "downstairs" quarters that permitted the upstairs to function.

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