Earnings of Paine Webber, another big retail broker, are also expected to fall in 1993.

The orders are all European, and there's a big broker down in the Marseilles area who's been very busy this past couple of months.

The recovery was attributed to a late wave of aggressive buying by big Japanese brokers for clients and their own accounts.

The attorney general has said he is seeking similar settlements with several big brokers and insurance companies.

At least a dozen big brokers are still in business and, regardless of airline rules, it is not illegal for you to deal with them.

The big brokers promise that if this should happen, they will get you on another flight at no extra cost.

"I just spoke to three traders and I've never heard such venom," one big broker said.

"The Dragon is the biggest broker we've been able to identify," said Kurtzman.

I am the biggest broker in town.

But the crash did leave big brokers wounded and defensive.