Before the age of direct dial international telephone calls and emails, the best way of doing business was to meet on the floor of the Baltic Exchange and share written notices and talk.

在国际直接通话和电邮的时代来临之前，做生意的最佳方式是去波交所见面交流。

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Right now, for example, the bulk of the natural gas traded in the physical market (as opposed to financial contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange) is still handled by "smile and dial" phone brokers at firms such as Prebon Yamane and Amerex.

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