Electronic communications networks match trades between investors directly, without using a market maker or specialist as an intermediary.
Technology investment drove growth in the 1990s, both directly and by fueling a rising stock market that led to increased consumer spending.
The lower spreads mean lower costs for investors, because Nasdaq investors generally do not trade directly with one another. Instead, they usually buy and sell from market-makers, brokerage firms that flip shares between buyers and sellers and keep the spread for themselves.
Federal laws against kickbacks bar pharmaceutical companies from directly giving money to patients for co-payments on the drugs they make.
I've never been to Comic-Con, but I'm certainly aware from this side of the Atlantic that it's a very important part of film marketing now, even when the films are not directly linked to a comic.
The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.
I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like... they'll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year primary.
Well, I tell young people to be successful today that, first of all, that what you learn today directly impacts what you earn tomorrow. This is a knowledge-based economy.
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
