salesmen

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At the same time, volatility in the financial markets is helping traders and salesmen collect fees from buying and selling stocks, bonds and derivatives from clients who want to reposition their portfolios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Back in 1879, those clerks and salesmen and their wives who frequented bucket shops understood they were operating outside the bounds of Wall Street.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Every day, some of L.A.’s poorest residents line up outside the county benefits office in South Central, weaving their way through a swarm of salesmen hawking deals that feel too good to be true.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

Others are being helped by two attentive salesmen.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Xerox created a new, better machine only to have it sell less well than the inferior older ones—until they figured out the salesmen got a bigger commission for selling the older one.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis