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On the recordNovember 3, 2011
Part of the other problem is that you may not find the interest actually by the broker-dealers if you're talking about a $25,000 or $50,000 or $100,000 enterprise. Is that another reason why you went this way? Mr. McHENRY. Yes. The idea is that, with the traditional broker- dealers, they're not in this market. So our intent with these low- dollar issuances, that has not been a traditional part of the action on Wall Street, not in the modern era, and so we're trying to carve out this opportunity for small business folks.
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Thomas A. Garrett
Virginia

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