English merchants in Boston had long traded with Port Royal, and some of this activity had continued even after the war began.

(de Loarca,1582) These people traded with Chinese merchants long before Columbus even sailed to the new world.

Meanwhile, in the US the growth of new technology, particularly the internet, spawned a new generation of high tech companies, some of which became publicly traded long before any profits.

That the stock has long traded at less than 15 times earnings helped as well, added B. Alexander Henderson, an analyst with Prudential Securities.

The Yankees had traded for another Hall of Fame pitcher long in the tooth, and with a sticker price of $16 million.

'Not often and never for long but we have long traded with the men of the grasslands.'

Some New Yorkers, who have long traded postal horror stories, were quick to attack the new report, saying it did not reflect reality as they know it.

Although the Star Kingdom had long traded actively with other systems, Jean Marrou's upbringing had made her fiercely isolationist.

Museums and galleries across the region have long traded on this: to an audience hungry for art, boundaries mean little.

The bank has long traded commodities through its J. Aron unit and had a power-trading venture with Constellation Energy of Baltimore from 1997 to 2001.