They took orders from their customers, did the fiddly bits to actually make the trades happen and then took a small fee on every trade to pay themselves.
Those men took my orders in combat and as a result, died for their country.
Its order book increased 6% to 523.4bn euros, although it took fewer orders in 2012 than the year before.
Bushnell also dabbled in electronic commerce during the 1980s by launching ByVideo, which took online orders through kiosks set up in airports and other locations.
However, the Americans took more net orders than the Europeans: 1, 413 to 1, 341.
As a result, it only took pre-orders on its most popular style, the zipped hooded sweatshirts, while being unable to restock the other styles of clothing, like T-shirts and sweatpants, that had also sold out.
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In one merger we recently observed, certain sales support personnel who filled orders and took inventory turned out to be just as important as the star salespeople.
Cisco handled 2.6 million support questions online and took 90% of its orders electronically, saving almost a billion dollars.
That first-day total was double the number of iPhone 4S pre-orders the company took last year, and an initial Friday shipping date was quickly pushed back.
Mr Uribe emphasised Colombia's own work to slow the flow of drugs and assist US prosecutors, noting that his government had carried out some 900 extradition orders since he took office.
Rather than wait for orders, Sandy took the initiative, reversed course, and put his ship and aircraft within range of Afghanistan by the next morning, setting the stage for the strikes that followed.
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Apple took 2 million pre-orders for the phone in the first 24 hours they were available last week, and some analysts said they think it could sell more than 10 million by Monday.
The investments took place automatically, without any specific orders from the Sterling partners.
In almost every action he took, Wallenberg vastly exceeded his diplomatic orders.
But perhaps more important: Sadr took his followers to task for not obeying orders.
Harary concedes it took years to build momentum at Research but insists more orders are on the way.
It took some time for the slowdown to filter through as orders can take five to seven years to fulfill, so 2011 and 2012 were the tough years.
He took formal charge of the ruling Peronist movement, routinely gave orders to ministers and oversaw economic policy.
Strachan had cut a frustrated figure on the touchline during the opening 15 minutes, frequently barking orders to his team, but his side gradually took control of the half.
The American fashion magazines took her up and the great stores of New York started to place orders.
If I understand the report correctly, the agencies say a mutual fund company using (gasp) an algorithm to trade dumped a bunch of sell orders on the futures market, which caused a liquidity crisis that took down the market.
After Google's January rollout of Shopping for Suppliers, the company in March took the wraps off Shopping Express, which allows customers of Google Shopping to get orders delivered the same day.
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The switchover took place at CenterCore's busiest time of year, when its big military customers placed orders.
From Day 1, I took a genuine interest in them as a person and not merely as robots carrying out my orders.
Some 2, 300 students who took exams set by the Welsh exam board WJEC in Wales have already been regraded on the orders of the Welsh government, which regulates exams set there.
It took Eric and Jessica two years to grow their business to a point where they could supply orders on the scale asked for by Wholefoods - but fortunately, the food giant was happy to wait for them.
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