ladder removal thursday, page-23

volt, i'm just a crazy mixed up kid.. coming mummy! :-)

There seem to be quite a few accumulating at these levels, but I guess they are mainly value buyers with a long term outlook. Interesting new stat from the fin times, with implications for transport stocks and ports etc...

World trade decelerates almost to standstill
By Alan Beattien

Published: March 19 2008 22:53 | Last updated: March 19 2008 22:53

Global trade (growth) slowed almost to a standstill over the new year, threatening to shrink for the first time since the US economy went into recession in 2001.

An indicator produced by the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, a Dutch research institute, showed that in the three months to January world trade in goods rose at annualised rate of 0.2 per cent over the previous three months.