His conversations take in senior lieutenants and factory-floor managers alike.

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Tim Lord cited alleged communications from the "31st floor" of Barclays HQ - which housed senior executives - about the benchmark market interest rate.

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Though unpopular on the shop floor at GM, it's a view still strongly held by senior republicans.

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Neiderauer, a former Goldman Sachs partner and senior trading executive there, is said to have a disdain for the floor-based trading model.

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Neiderauer, a former Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ) partner and senior trading executive there, is said to have a disdain for the floor-based trading model.

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According to the complaint filed with the U.S. District Court of Southern New York, two senior employees of the securities broker firm told investigators that Madoff ran the advisory business from a separate floor of the securities firm offices.

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He wiped the floor with his opponents in every category of karting he raced in, often against boys a year or two his senior.

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