Three staffers at the prestigious Smith Barney brokerage got the ax, and another at Paine Webber is more than $300,000 in hock because of an illegal highstakes gambling pool on Wall Street, sources familiar with the situation said yesterday.

• 昨天熟悉情况的人士说，声誉卓著的史密斯·巴尼股票公司里三名职员被解雇，另一名在潘恩·韦伯公司里的职员负债超过三十万，皆因华尔街非法集体豪赌所致。