The time needed to clean up questionable trades was mainly why major exchanges decided to end trading two hours early yesterday and also next Monday and Tuesday.

As general manager, Short was forced to make many questionable trades to service the debt and bring in much-needed revenue.

It is not clear whether his mother and Mr. Roche made the questionable trades themselves.

As the Senators general manager, Short was forced to make many questionable trades to lower the debt and acquire amounts of the much-needed revenue.

Nine other market makers and seven affiliated firms were involved in the questionable trades, the S.E.C. said, but it did not name them.

The Lindsay deal was one of several questionable trades made by Adams in the late 1950s.

They tried to deal with all of the difficult transactions and to reach agreements on any questionable trades.

And some questionable trades have deprived the team of a lot of young talent.

The Red Sox have made a number of questionable trades in recent years, and Suppan-for-Sanchez has to be near the top of the list.

There have been questionable trades and free-agent signings.