For transaction-oriented businesses such as online retailers, these drags on performance can mean the difference between profitability and losses.

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The pilot program, a transaction-oriented variation on Antiques Roadshow, begins with the host, Molly Pesce, the Comedy Central regular.

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Even today, Europe is more transaction-oriented than you think.

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One classic cultural success is the example of Bankers Trust, where Alfred Brittain and Charlie Sanford formed a team that changed the corporate culture from that of a traditional commercial bank, highly valuing a measured pace of decision making, to that of a more transaction-oriented global merchant bank, emphasizing fast reactions, state-of-the-art communications, and sophisticated controls.

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The ongoing role of the floor traders and specialists is still a matter of debate, but the planned Archipelago transaction has boosted optimism that at least the NYSE is heading into the future with a more competitive, electronic-oriented business model.

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