Yet even though emerging Asia faces huge downside risks, its outlook over the next few years is good.
In October, Credit Suisse downgraded the company's outlook over concerns about how it would make money from its mobile search traffic.
The group enjoyed strong demand for flat screen TVs and digital cameras, and forecast a "satisfactory" outlook over the whole year.
Even Cisco continues to maintain a conservative stance while setting quarterly expectations, implying a challenging industry outlook over the next few quarters.
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In Ifo's monthly survey, about 7, 000 companies are asked for their views of the current business climate and their outlook over the coming six months.
Of course, the hedge funds could switch or revise their outlook on stocks over the next quarter or two.
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The 2010 Annual Energy Outlook projects that over 40 percent of U.S. liquid fuel consumption will be supplied by imports through 2035.
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Still, the builders' outlook for sales over the next six months climbed to the highest level in more than six years, suggesting that the obstacles could be temporary.
What would possess an asset manager to buy 30-year Treasuries with a locked in yield of 4% when the outlook for inflation over the next few years promises to make this a loosing proposition if not a disastrous one?
Regardless of how much success Microsoft has in converting Gmail loyalists, though, a lot more people are about to become acquainted with Outlook's clean UI: the company has said it plans to switch Hotmail users over to the Outlook interface by summertime.
The figures added to improving sentiment over the outlook of the US economy and the jobs market.
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While Microsoft plans to eventually transition all Hotmail accounts over to Outlook.com, it recognizes the need for new users.
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But by the end of the summer, the company intends to have moved all Hotmail users over to Outlook.com.
While Apple is likely to have a tremendous quarter, the best news will be in the outlook for the stock over the next year.
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Uncertainty over the outlook for commodities may limit acquisitions as well.
It is not always easy to terminate spending programs once they have been funded, but our bleak long-term budget outlook requires significant sacrifices over the coming years.
Commodity prices are rebounding, but with a new crop of CEOs taking over and uncertainty over the outlook for commodities, megadeals in the mining sector might be limited.
Manpower's quarterly Global Employment Outlook, which surveyed over 50, 000 employers across 27 countries, ranked Peru No. 2 and Argentina No. 4 in expected job growth for the July-September quarter.
"The 16 January kidnapping and murder of foreign oil workers at the In Amenas gas field has cast a dark cloud over the outlook for the country's energy sector, " it said.
Consumer spending remains sluggish due to continued concerns over the outlook for job growth, recent declines in the stock market, the sovereign debt problems of European countries and the Gulf oil spill.
The stock may be deserving of a higher multiple due to the substantial and growing levels of operating cash flow its business produces, and due to a generally positive growth outlook for its industry over the longer term.
The prospect of a war with Iraq is also casting a shadow over the economic outlook.
Consumers were also mixed about the outlook for the labor market over the next six months.
The report also revealed that the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee was divided over the economic outlook, primarily due to uncertainty about sterling.
To be sure, many of the internal functions of Outlook.com will be brought over from Hotmail.
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On the domestic front, the clouds of inflation hover, putting a question mark over the sunny economic outlook.
The group blamed the weak UK economy, uncertainty over the global economic outlook and a delay in fulfilling an order for 1, 000 taxis from Azerbaijan.
The first perspective is fairly standard stuff: the outlook for economic activity and prices over the next couple of years, assuming that rates move in line with market expectations.
Just about every major business publication was also out with its outlook for 2013, with opinions all over the place.
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The loan discussions, which are expected to begin officially in Washington later this month, are the key to settling recent anxiety in international markets over Pakistan's economic outlook.
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