While an obviously biased source, the International Association of Home Staging Professionals says over 90 percent of professionally staged homes sell within a month.
The reports produced by analysts can influence the decision of City professionals and private investors as to whether to buy or sell shares in a particular company.
Had we made the iPhone here in America, we would have deprived Apple of the resources to employ highly paid engineers to design, professionals to market, and young associates of Apple Stores to sell the cool products.
Not only were scammers scamming but their actions were creating data that real estate professionals relied upon to make decisions (build more, lend more, sell more).
Although it is not (yet) legal to place buy and sell orders over instant messaging, Communicator's software lets financial professionals discuss sensitive information between two or more banking institutions or even one-to-one with individual clients.
The focus in the options market for us is that any tick rule, any situation where you would limit the ability to sell short, needs to be exempted for the options market makers--those professionals that provide liquidity into the market place.