The typical at-home trader is still more like Jack Scheib, a 63-year-old scrap metal broker in Dallas who took up serious options trading three years ago, and who I was set to feature in a story about retirees who are trading.
Jack Straw, the home secretary, who is responsible for the new legislation, isat pains to defend himself against charges of gerrymandering: the new law will not take effect until mid-2002, after the next general election.