By the middle of the sixteenth century, financiers and traders commonly accepted bills of exchange in place of gold or silver for other goods.

到了16世纪中叶，金融家和商人普遍接受汇票来代替黄金或白银进行商品交换。

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He said that all the traders and sellers were going about their business when the explosion took place.

他说，爆炸发生时，所有的交易商和小贩们正在忙着自己的事。

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JPMorgan Chase is shifting 45 prop traders into its asset-management arm, where they can continue to place bets, but only for clients.

JP摩根大通将45名自营交易员转移至其资产管理部门，在那里他们可以继续下注，不过仅限于为客户交易。

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A middle-aged man who works at the market complained that it made no sense to him why anyone would put a bomb in a crowded vegetable market: He said that all the traders and sellers were going about their business when the explosion took place.

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When regulators raise those requirements, oil speculation becomes less attractive to traders and they place bets elsewhere.

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The rule, known as the uptick, said traders could only place short-sales following a higher bid in a stock price.

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It was a boisterous place where traders signaled, shouted and elbowed their way to buy and sell futures contracts.

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