His political views and forecasts will also strike a resounding chord with those he leaves behind.
And forecasts for the rest of the year, and for 2013, are being steadily revised down.
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Based on, among other things, historical data and forecasts, it answers pressing questions for many manufacturers.
Mr Cassidy points to worrying signs of slower job growth and forecasts of rising unemployment.
Herefordshire Council said pupil numbers have fallen to 25 and forecasts indicate they may fall even further.
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We will reach normal inventory levels in January for the North American market based on current orders and forecasts.
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Commodity prices are generally cyclical, and forecasts for emerging markets remain relatively positive.
's quarterly performances and forecasts are widely regarded as a way to assess the state of the technology industry.
Marvin Appel , co-editor of Gerald Appel's Systems and Forecasts, also sees reason for caution after the huge advance--but he's still bullish.
It was "working closely with the relevant authorities to keep up to date with ash movement and forecasts" and would adjust flight routes if necessary.
First, I fear that the concept of the new normal confuses the distribution of economic outcomes (and forecasts thereof) with the distribution of asset markets.
And therefore they turn to and depend on predictions and forecasts.
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Its second quarter results surprised followers in June with a 2.5% rise in profits from continuing operations and forecasts of double-digit EPS growth in 2012.
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The economy had double-dipped and forecasts were grim, our correspondent added.
Digital now commands nearly one in five advertising dollars, and forecasts suggest we can expect double digit increases for at least the next couple of years.
Its sales in the latest quarter were almost double those of the previous year, and forecasts for 2013 revenues are nearly treble those recorded in 2010.
On current estimates and forecasts, growth in America in the three years to 2004 will average 1.3 percentage points a year more than in the 12-country euro area.
Leroy is using the Internet to make this happen: Deere's construction equipment dealers now E-mail their orders and forecasts daily -- instead of monthly -- right to the factory.
On the other hand, it seems that no matter what period of time you pick you can always find a few charging bulls and snarling bears offering their opinions and forecasts.
Ladbrokes says that soccer accounts for half of all its online betting and forecasts that 5% to 10% of World Cup wagering will be online, though that could be a wild underestimate.
Richard Nicholls is media, technology and telecoms account director with the Future Foundation, which identifies and forecasts social and consumer trends and determines the extent of their impacts on markets, services, brands and products.
Revenues at America's fixed-line local and long-distance carriers have fallen back since peaking in 2000, and forecasts suggest that revenues will slip further over the next few years partly as VOIP providers grab their business.
Unlike many of its developed peers, Australia's government plans to return to a budget surplus in the next fiscal year and forecasts its net debt to peak just below 10% of GDP, a fraction of the borrowings seen elsewhere.
The quality of that dialogue will be improved, first, if the Bank supplies the committee with the technical assumptions and forecasts on which its actions are based and, second, if the committee is equipped with a staff qualified to assess the submissions.
Sure enough, once the Obama administration had the support of the public, and Congress passed the stimulus plans, the speeches and testimony of the president, treasury secretary, and Fed chairman, changed to upbeat assessments and forecasts that the economy would begin turning back up.
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Aboulafia derides the exaggerated sales expectations that companies have for the systems, noting that his consultancy estimates the value of world unmanned aircraft output today at only 2.5 percent of the amount for manned aircraft, and forecasts it will remain below five percent in 2020.
"The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment report offers a simple but meaningful explanation of the underlying forces that are driving the never-ending, global bandwidth explosion, " said Brad Smith, senior vice president and industry analyst with LightCounting.com, a market research firm that analyzes and forecasts high-speed interconnects.
That the 2nd quarter did not show an improvement over the 1st quarter, as originally expected, and forecasts had to be lowered so significantly during the quarter, and still the growth came in lower, does not bode well for the extent of the expected second half slowdown.
Shares in Peak Sport Products of China, the athletic footwear maker which has made endorsement deals with NBA players an important part of its marketing, dropped 4.5% in Hong Kong today after the company joined a list of businesses from the industry to announce grim financial figures and forecasts.
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