In the instances when Scattered and other sharp traders made millions, corporate officials and stock commentators tried to warn investors away.

Motorola has led other technology-related stocks in recent sessions and traders often look to one or two groups to become market leaders to spark rallies.

Trustees in commercial organisations, editors of trade press and successful traders were automatically included.

"He invests in traders as if they were trades," a former colleague said.

Rome was a cosmopolitan empire, rich in traders, merchants and manufacturers.

The dried fish is packed in sacks and traders take the fish to the market.

This lures in other traders who, thinking a new buyer is in town, jump in to ride what they hope will be a buying wave.

In a mixed economy, public authorities, developers, transport operators and traders all have their part to play.

As for the sale of melamine scrap, it is increasingly popular as a fake ingredient in feed, traders and workers here say.

So we started sending in teachers and traders instead of soldiers.