we owned 5,000 units in blair moore investment trust, which we sold in january 2010. >>> good morning and welcome back to "street signs." we have some u.k. manufacturing data to bring you, and it is coming in on the weaker side than many expected, from manufacturing output specifically. down 1.1% on the month. that compares to reuters forecast of a 0.2% declining. so that's declining on the month more than many expected. if we can look at the revised reading for january, that was higher on the month, so up by half a percent on the month as well, revised higher. if we look at just getting the goods trade deficit here. coming in around 12 billion pounds. the ons is coming out commenting on the data, saying the fall in industrial output was driven by water and waste management. important to note here the february crude steel production was its lowest since december 2008. as you can see there, sterling slightly higher against the dollar, up now about 0.4%. the lines on steel production of interest as we have been watching this ongoing debate in the government. >> absolutely. our markets h

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