11.   Most Asian stocks dropped after Indonesian, Malaysian, Thai and Philippine currencies fell for a fourth day to record lows.

12.   Shares of n-Vision Inc. and Paramount Financial Corp., which were taken public by Stratton earlier this year, fell to record lows today.

13.   Syphilis has sunk to record lows in the United States and could soon be eliminated from the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

14.   That, some investors said, could drive yields to record lows.

15.   The Indonesian, Malaysian, Thai and Philippine currencies plunged to record lows against the dollar today, dragging stocks in tow, as the Asian economic crisis deepened.

16.   The rate cut sent bond yields to record lows.

17.   Those same restrictions left thousands of state enterprises mired in debt, dragging earnings and stock prices to record lows.

18.   While all Nordic banks face lower margins between lending and borrowing as interest fall to record lows, merging is a means to cut costs for technology and labor.

19.   A retreat in the German mark also provided some relief to the U.S. currency, which last week plunged to record lows in a worldwide sell-off.

20.   Business confidence has plunged as a result of the political crisis, sending the peso and stock market to record lows.