Consolidation is far from over, however, as analysts predict that over 100 more companies will likely close or get bought in the next few years.
The software can also simulate wear and tear over many years to predict, for instance, when a hydraulic pump is likely to fail.
Economists predict that over the next few years, the number of uninsured people nationally will drop by around 60 percent to 19 or 20 million.
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Economists, historians, and stock market analysts have crunched copious amounts of data over the years to predict market movements, and the results hold promising news for investors.
In short, Britain and its government are set to change after May's elections in ways that are hard to predict and over which its people may feel they have little control.
Studies have found that the intensity of a person's smile can help predict life satisfaction over time and even longevity.
The first will involve a 40 million research project led by GE to better diagnose mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), and to predict the outcomes over time.
Over the long term economists predict a gain of about 3% in Russian GDP because of greater competition and foreign investment that membership is expected to bring.
Competitions require bidders to predict revenue growth over 15 years.
Tracking these cells in animals at a cellular level over a whole year allowed the scientists to come up with mathematical models to predict what happens to our skin over long periods.
Clinton's opponents were quick to predict that the flap over the archives would dent her claim to electability.
Participants were also asked to predict the Dow Jones Index over the course of a week.
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In fact, many analysts predict that this may happen over the next 20 years.
Because of Mr Zuma's closeness to Cosatu and the Communists, some predict that he may preside over a radical shift to the left.
This control that consumers have over prices has led some analysts to predict that e-commerce can at best only ever be a low-margin business, and at worst a no-margin business.
With uncanny accuracy, Ressi insists, he can predict the success of a founder over the duration of his four-month course and afterward.
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The question is whether they can do this over a large area and be able to predict exactly the location of any single dot.
As he spoke, on September 15th, a bipartisan federal commission released a report that attempted to predict America's challenges abroad over the next 25 years.
By measuring the performance ratio, power plant owners and operators can immediately and fully predict the performance of the plant over its lifetime, accurately assessing the value of the plant.
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If one were to predict the nature of the bilateral relationship over the next few decades by extrapolating from trends during any six-year period between 1978 and 2006, expectations would be quite positive.
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"Fairness" I predict, will be the political buzz word over the next two years.
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"As we meet this morning, I cannot predict with certainty how soon this war will be over although I am pleased, as is everyone else, to see the reports coming out of Baghdad today, " he said.
And, as noted by Chairman Genachowski, analysts predict a 35-fold increase in mobile broadband traffic over the next five years.
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Mr. BURD: It's a little more sour, but I would predict that no lenders will be leaving the loan program over this bill.
The authors predict that falling costs of auto transportation will favor exurbs over large cities, and provide some statistical evidence that the elasticity of density with respect to gas prices is 1.1.
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Similar to geologists evaluating how to produce a reservoir, the efficiency engineers use this comprehensive data to calibrate simulation models that predict the financial impact of a range of efficiency measures over the building life.
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We expect the immediate impact of usage-based pricing on ARPU will be mixed and difficult to predict due to the limited roll-out, but over time it will act as an incentive for people to upgrade to Turbo, Extreme and Wideband data services.
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Over two decades I saw Lester Thurow, a very smart guy, predict that Europe would eclipse the U. S. too.
Listening to yet another CEO predict a hockey-stick spurt of growth sure to occur over the next 18 months--it was always 18 months--my hands would ball up in dread.
Some recent figures look disappointing partly because they fall short of over-optimistic forecasts a persistent weakness of those paid to predict the economic future, no matter how often they are proved wrong.
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