What with him cooling his heels out in Ohio, the firm is coming apart.

No matter how many new firms come into the industry, you never capture that," he said.

The firm came to have not only local prominence, but national stature as well.

"It's not enough simply to build a science park and expect, like a field of dreams, for high-tech firms to come," she said.

"It is important to remember that if firms could come and go as they please, there would be no premium."

Many firms have come and gone over the years.

A large firm would come under the rule if 20 percent of its brokers fell into those categories.

And he got the sack so the firm came on strike.

The firm in question sent down their representative, but nothing came of it.

We hope that the foreign firms will come in.