And in the real economy...

[randomness]

...a candidate for statistic of the day:

Volvo said it received 115 order bookings for heavy trucks in Europe in the third quarter, down from 41,970 trucks a year earlier. Customers in Europe are taking a ``wait and see'' attitude amid turmoil in global financial markets, Volvo said.

Volvo plummeted 9 kronor, or 21 percent, to 34.20 kronor, and was down 19 percent as of 11:03 a.m.

(from http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHDYgaVOzcYY&refer=home)

Comments

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

Daaaaaaaamn.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

Holy cow.

[drwex]

Is that 115 a typo? Seems to be off by an order of magnitude. Or maybe two.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

If it's a typo, three different news sources in three countries made it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7918230
http://www.easybourse.com/bourse-actualite/peugeot/2nd-update-volvo-scania-shares-sink-as-q-confirms-slowdown-FR0000121501-548449
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHDYgaVOzcYY&refer=home

Crazy, isn't it?