J.D. Power: Strong Fleet Sales, Retail Stability to Push Up Nov. SAAR
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As expected, the recovery has been slow, but is progressing," noted Jeff Schuster, executive director of global forecasting at J.D. Power. "The industry is exhibiting a higher level of discipline, as there is a favorable sales ratio of 2010...
Film oracle CinemaScore spells doom for The Box
The Guardian
For CinemaScore has proved unerringly accurate at forecasting a film's future commercial prospects. Surely the damage is done by the time the film's been released? Well, marketing spend can still be staunched or stepped up; DVDs rushed off ...
Reports cast economic recovery doubts
Everett Herald
Economists at Deutsche Bank are forecasting that net job losses will fall to 125,000 in November. But the economy needs to add about 125,000 jobs a month just to keep the unemployment rate from rising. Separately, the Conference Board said ...
Birmingham weather forecast for Friday
Everything Alabama Blog
Metro Birmingham faces another chilly night. The National Weather Service in Calera is forecasting possible frost for areas after 3 a.m., with a low of near 36. Friday will warm up with the high expected to reach about 67. The low overnight...
Asian Stocks Fall, Won Drops as Dell, Sony Earnings Disappoint
Bloomberg
It’s also forecasting a net loss of 95 billion yen ($1.07 billion) this fiscal year after losing 98.9 billion yen the previous year. Advantest fell 2.9 percent. Dell , the world’s third-largest maker of personal computers, yesterday reporte...
Brian van de Graaff
WTOP
It was not only my studies, but my one-on-one attention from Doug that helped me hone my forecasting skills," says Brian. Brian strives to visit several schools a week, often speaking at multiple locations in one day! He crisscrosses the re...
Sony’s Stringer Sees 3D as Next $10 Billion Business (Update1)
Bloomberg
Stringer’s bet that 3D will spread from the movie theater to the living room highlights part of his strategy to revive a company that’s forecasting its first back-to-back annual losses in half a century. The move may signal a shift in focus...
Women Wear Market Forecast to 2010
PR Inside
Analysis Method The analysis methods include ratio analysis, historical trend analysis, linear regression analysis using software tools, judgmental forecasting, and cause and effect analysis.
State lawmakers have little say on future Thomson prison inmates
Quad Cities Onlines
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Illinois Senate ... The Legislature's bipartisan Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability reviews proposals to close state property, like the prison in Thomson. Gov. Pat Quinn is conside...
More jobs? That could take until late '10
KTVZ.com
Oregon’s unemployment rate stubbornly refuses to fall, but regional economists are forecasting changes for the better in 2010 - though not as soon as many desperately hope. Economists say though we may never see a sustainable number of cons...
Obama and Holder gaffes could influence 9/11 trial, lawyers say
Daily Telegraph
Remarks by the US president and Eric Holder, the Attorney General, forecasting a conviction for the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed could create unnecessary delays in the trial, analysts said. Defence lawyers were sure to apply to have the charges d...