The prediction for stormy weather in the New York City region produced delays at major airports.
Buffett doesn't have a firm clear prediction for when the pain will be over.
They were asked for a prediction for 2013 that was a complete wild card.
Such a major decline seems like an overly pessimistic prediction for a company with fairly consistent growth.
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If you want my prediction for the months ahead, it is this: We will have a quiet summer.
That prediction for December 2009 sounds awfully bold, given the legislative warfare that establishing a cap-and trade regime would occasion.
As the chart indicates, the mean prediction for 2012 was 1, 360, which is about 5% below the current level of 1, 430.
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Therefore, the 8.4% prediction for 2013 implies a recovery, which in the China context means a pickup in growth rates.
SIAM, which had already twice cut its prediction for this fiscal year's car sales, didn't say how much they expect overall sales to be.
The group also lowered its growth prediction for 2012 from 2.3% to 2.2%, as it warned that the UK is at a "critical juncture".
But its prediction for the whole of 2003 remained unchanged at "single-digit or better" percentage growth - a forecast some analysts described as disappointing.
While the forecast for a resurgence in Japan technology innovation appears in doubt, the prediction for Japan's automobile exports seems more enthusiastic as the yen has weakened.
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The official growth prediction for 2001 has been scaled back to 2% due to the global economic downturn and the crisis caused by the 11 September attacks.
"We think if we had a quantitative measure of breast density, that might add to the specificity of the model and really improve prediction for the individual woman, " Kerlikowske says.
This is not an apocalypse prediction for the company.
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The Paris-based intergovernmental organization said economic output will likely shrink by 0.4 percent in 2009 for the 30 countries that comprise its membership, against the 1.4 percent growth prediction for 2008.
My 7.0 percent total return prediction for U.S. stocks assumes 2.0 percent inflation, 2.5 percent real GDP growth and a 2.7 percent all-on dividend factor, less 0.2 percent in index fund fees.
What is the prediction for when the dust will settle or when the -- after the job cuts, and when will the American pocketbook will see relief after all these budget cuts?
The manufacturing conglomerate blew past analysts' third-quarter earnings projections when it reported its results, but its stock fell because the midpoint of its prediction for the full year was a half-cent below the consensus.
And that is my first prediction for 2011.
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This mixed opinion makes it difficult to make any prediction for the future, but what is clear is that companies with a positive or optimistic view of the US economy will be more likely to want to drive innovation and change.
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The Economist's poll of private forecasters shows the average prediction is for growth next year of 0.6%, down from 2.6% in September (before the terrorist attacks).
That is a relatively optimistic prediction, for it would merely return the bankruptcy rate close to its long-term average after an abnormally trouble-free period, and it assumes only a mild recession in America.
Paulson's prediction bears repeating for the deniers among us: The meltdown is only one-third done.
Physical infrastructure is increasingly unsuited to the risks, and both long- and short-term prediction are problematic for many threats.
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My prediction: look for Paul to win the youth vote again, but it will be significantly less than his 48 percent in Iowa.
One speaker argued that economists should give up on prediction and settle for explanation, identifying where earthquakes might strike, if not when, and how they might be withstood, if not prevented.
That prediction became fodder for late night television jokes.
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