Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.money From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: OTHER NEWS Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 11:08:11 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: OTHER NEWS Publication Date: Tuesday November 10, 1992 BYLINE: Survey Sees Worldwide Business Optimism Slipping: Difficult economic conditions around the world, including Britain's currency crisis, Japan's sluggish economy and Germany's recent increase in interest rates, have tempered the mood of business executives worldwide, according to Dun & Bradstreet Corp.'s latest survey of more than 11,000 business executives in 15 countries. The survey found that the worldwide outlook for higher fourth-quarter sales and profit slipped, following two quarters of increasing optimism. D&B's vice president and chief economist, Joseph W. Duncan, said expectations for higher fourth-quarter sales and earnings in Europe are at the lowest level since D&B began its survey there in the second quarter of 1988. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM