"Only big companies with hefty asset levels are allowed to bid for PFIs and the need for consortiums demonstrates that even big companies sometimes have trouble meeting the PFI rules, " says James Hastings of the Construction Forecasting and Research group.
In 1997, along with my brother, we revolutionised the trends information business with the launch of Worth Global Style Network (WGSN), which went on to become "the fashion industry bible" (The Wall Street Journal), providing trend forecasting, market research and data for retailers, manufacturers and designers.
Satellites are used for communication, weather forecasting, navigation, research and reconnaissance.
"Everybody thought they could become the new Saudi oil barons of Champaign, Illinois, " says Daniel Basse, president of AgResource, a Chicago agricultural research and forecasting outfit.
Enter Judah Cohen, Director of Seasonal Forecasting at Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.
The fund managers rely on research, market forecasting, and the experience and expertise of their portfolio management team.
As Finley was doing his research, tornado forecasting came to a screeching halt when the Signal Corps banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread panic.
Verdict Research, a retail consultancy, is forecasting a 4.2% decline in the value of retail spending, excluding food and internet sales, in 2009.
Higher correlation also hurts the few managers that still engage in fundamental research: what is the point of forecasting earnings and understanding businesses if all stocks, good or bad, trade as one?
Separate research departments bring a variety of economic theories, analysis, forecasting techniques, and conclusions to the FOMC table.
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There is certainly no dearth of research showing the sell-side analyst community to be woefully inaccurate at forecasting corporate profits.
The Fourth Technical Workshop of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) on Ocean Forecasting System will take place in Bogor, Indonesia, 5-6 March 2013 with the kind host of the Research and Development Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia.
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