And commerce began with the buying and selling of food.

But the broader market is doing all right as well, with not much selling of banks.

But not a lot of white knights out there want to bother with direct selling because it's difficult to manage.

"The only trouble with selling is you then have to buy."

Under this new system, everything is done electronically with standardized selling and processing procedures.

The declines have come with relatively little institutional selling, and desultory volume.

The People's Palace, though, was a city with the buying and selling of goods taking place every day.

The plant in which she works was hard bought years ago with a local bond issue and strong selling of prospective employers.

His collection was in constant flux, with the buying and selling of many objects.

"The first approach into the region was met with enough selling to lay it sideways," she said.