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Supply glut and lower prices forecast
The world faces a looming natural gas glut that will cool prices, according to the International Energy Agency, the rich countries' watchdog, raising the prospect that Russia's grip over Europe's energy security will loosen. In a draft version of its forthcoming World Energy Outlook, to be published next week,...
Tags: Watchdog, Natural Gas, Telecom & Utilities, Company News, Forecasts & Predictions, General News, Nuclear Issues, Prices, Regulation of Business, Financial Times
News items 2009-11-04
Labour backs nuclear option on energy
Plans for a huge expansion of nuclear power will be set out by the government today, as it publishes an energy strategy designed to smooth the way for new power stations and other large infrastructure projects.In the 2020s about 30 per cent of Britain's electricity will come from nuclear...
Tags: Nuclear Energy, Government, Vertical Industries, Company News, Facilities & Equipment, Forecasts & Predictions, General News, Government News, Government Policy, Nuclear Issues, Financial Times
News items 2009-11-08
Mixed fortunes seen by Centrica
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, is likely to meet market expectations of a drop in profits of about 4 per cent this year, following a fall in its gas production, the company said in a trading update.However, profits from its residential supply business are expected to rise some...
Tags: Centrica, Company News, Forecasts & Predictions, General News, Production, Results, Year End Results, Financial Times
External links 2009-11-12
Banks and carmakers strengthen
European equity indices ended the week on a positive note, bouncing back from a four-day losing streak after stronger-than-forecast US employment data helped support an improving mood.But the FTSE Eurofirst 300, which rose 1.3 per cent to 962.42 during trading on Friday, lost 1.6 per cent over the week...
Tags: Bank, Equity, 0.34.France, Financial Services, Investment, Finance, Forecasts & Predictions, General News, Market News, Market Reports, Financial Times
External links 2009-09-04

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Early Hurricane Forecasts Often Unreliable
Ravi Nagarajan submits: With the hurricane season officially starting on June 1, residents of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts are no doubt listening carefully to the many forecasts that are being made regarding the number of “named storms” that are likely to occur this year. Insurance companies and investors...
Tags: Financial, Ravi Nagarajan
External links 2009-05-01
2009 Predictions: Macworld's Annual Forecast
It's hard to believe it's already 2009, and yet here we are, the day before another Macworld Expo and another Steve Jobs keynote. Um...wait. Scratch that last part. It's 2009, at least. And that means it's time for us to ask Macworld staff and contributors, as we have for nine...
News items 2009-08-07
ECB to cut this week -- its growth forecasts, that is
FRANKFURT AFP — The European Central Bank will make a cut of sorts this week -- but with eurozone inflation stubbornly high the cut will be to its growth forecasts, not interest rates. "The ECB council will cut on Thursday its forecasts for growth in the euro zone, but...
Tags: economist, European Commission, FINANCE, inflation
Research articles 2008-03-01
Windfall of 2008 Tech Media Forecasts
Last week, the Silicon Valley chapter of the PRSA held its annual "media predictions" event, this year featuring six of the top tech media professionals (Kara Swisher, Co-Executive Editor, D:All Things Digital Blog and Conference, Rob Hof, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, BusinessWeek, Jim Goldman, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, CNBC, Victoria...
Tags: Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Video, Online Privacy, Silicon Valley, Marketing, Jon Greer
Blog posts 2007-12-03
Lucent lowers forecasts, names new COO.(Late News)
Lucent Technologies Inc. cut its earnings predictions for both the first quarter and the full year, primarily due to lower equipment sales in the United States and Canada. The telecommunications equipment company expects its earnings for the ...
Tags: Alcatel-Lucent
Research articles 2006-01-16
Strategy Analytics cites top technology trends for the new decade; Strategy Analytics Service Directors offer predictions.
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 January 2001-STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Strategy Analytics cites top technology trends for the new decade; Strategy Analytics Service Directors offer predictions C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05012001 Boston -- Contemplating the new year and decade, Strategy Analytics, Inc. offers...
Tags: director, SOFTWARE, Strategy Analytics, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS
Research articles 2001-01-04
Study by NOAA scientists could lead to better predictions
A new study by a government scientist of the El Nino of 1997-98 sheds new light on "the climate event of the century" that should lead to better predictions of future El Ninos and improved forecasts of their likely impact. Fortunately for science, from the rapid onset of the El...
Tags: Government, NETWORKING, NOAA, Pacific, scientist
Research articles 1999-04-01
Large-Scale Automatic Forecasting: Millions of Forecasts
Web sites and transactional databases collect large amounts of time-stamped data. Businesses often want to make future predictions forecasts based on numerous sets of time-stamped data sets of transactions. There are many time series analysis techniques related to forecasting, and an experienced analyst can effectively use these techniques to analyze,...
Tags: Technique, SAS Institute, Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Productivity, Sales
White papers 2001-08-07
We need forecasts — but don't count on them - Semiconductor Industry Association forecast
Business forecasts for semiconductor makers and the rest of the electronics industry are useful and necessary, just don't take them as gospel. Be cautious in evaluating any predictions. Projections of future sales growth are vital to making plans, but no one can really be sure what will happen next week,...
Tags: Semiconductor Industry Association
Research articles 2001-11-19
JupiterResearch Forecasts More Than 20 Million U.S. Households Will Subscribe to a VoIP-Based Telephone Service by 2010
NEW YORK -- JupiterResearch, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), forecasts that by 2010, 20.4 million U.S. households will subscribe to a Voice Over Internet Protocol VoIP-based broadband telephony service, a dramatic increase from the 1.2 million subscribers in 2004. JupiterResearch's report entitled, "U.S. Broadband Telephony Forecast 2005 to...
Tags: Jupiter Research, phone, telephone service, VoIP
Research articles 2005-10-25
TheMarketProphets.com™ Debuts, Offering Subscribers Dow Jones Forecasts With Over 80% Accuracy
Service Boasts Exceptional Next-Day Predictions Proven Over 10 Years of Testing; Forecasts Help Time Trades in Futures, Industry Sectors, Index Components and More
Tags: Dow Jones & Company Inc.
Research articles 2007-01-09
Brown forecasts slowing growth, lower inflation in Britain
LONDON AFP — Britain's economy will slow over the next two years but inflation will move back towards target, finance minister Gordon Brown forecast Wednesday as he delivered his likely final budget. Brown, widely regarded as a prime minister in waiting, predicted economic growth of 2.5-3.0 percent in 2008...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Britain, FINANCE, inflation
Research articles 2007-03-21
Forecasts of interest rates
Forecasts of interest rates are being revised up by economists in government and industry. With the economy continuing to boom after six Federal Reserve increases, economists have increased their estimates on how high rates will have to increase in order to slow the economy to a sustainable rate of growth....
Tags: economist, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Government
Research articles 2000-07-01
Keep Your Fingers Crossed - economic forecasts for 1999
The economic outlook is mostly fair, but there's a chance of showers--or worse. When it comes to making predictions, goes the old one-liner, economists are wrong so often they make even weather forecasters look good. Unlike meteorologists, economists have had it easy over the past few years. During...
Tags: economist, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, financial, inflation, recession, Y2K
Research articles 1999-01-01
London Investors Downgrade Forecasts for Under-Writing Operations.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27 -- Three major Lloyd's of London investors today downgraded forecasts for under-writing operations for 1997 and 1998, adding weight to predictions the market is again facing a gloomy period, writes James Mclean. Limit, which invests...
Tags: Lloyd's of London
Research articles 1999-08-29
Implied Volatility from Options on Gold Futures: Do Statistical Forecasts Add Value or Simply Paint the Lilly?
This paper finds that implied volatility from a stochastic volatility option pricing model is a biased predictor of the realized volatility, measured with either intraday or daily futures volatility. No explanation can completely explain the bias, but simulations show that most or all of this apparent bias can be explained...
Tags: Volatility, Investment, Finance
White papers 2003-11-06
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