On hong kong island , the central and western parts look the best bets , according to the brokerage .
经纪业预测,香港岛的中部和西部被看做是最为理想的。
Brokerage limps but investment banking leaps : only in times of crisis do japanese companies restructure and sell businesses .
经纪业步履阑珊投行飞跃却发展:只有在危机的时候日本公司才重组和出售生意。
Brokerage commissions were fixed at high rates .
交易佣金被固定在一个非常高的比率。
The notion goes back to 1922 , when a bond brokerage in new york city hired edgar lawrence smith to put together a pamphlet explaining why bonds -- and certainly not stocks -- were the best long-term investment .