In an appendix, executives forecast the creation of more than 100 jobs by August 2013.
Executives forecast operating earnings of 40 cents to 45 cents a share this quarter, at best flat compared with the results a year earlier.
Auto executives forecast that the United States market would grow to at least 15.5 million this year and possibly higher, if housing starts and other economic factors continue to improve.
Company executives forecast the job cuts last month when Dow Jones reported an 85percentt decline in net income and an 11percentt drop in revenue.
Unless market conditions improve faster than the firms' executives forecast yesterday, Wall Street is due for more painful cutbacks, they said.
[Page C2.] Compaq Earnings Meet Forecasts Compaq Computer posted second-quarter earnings that met analysts' estimates, and the company's executives forecast strong revenue growth in the second half of the year.
The Compaq Computer Corporation reported second-quarter earnings yesterday that met analysts' estimates, and the company's executives forecast strong revenue growth in the second half of the year.
She said she no longer expected even a muted industry recovery in the second half of the year, and executives forecast that revenue in the company's 2002 fiscal year would fall 9percentto10percentcent from the previous year.
After the financial crisis, Goldman executives forecast a return-on-equity target of 20percentt as the markets and economy became more stable.
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's fortune took an almost $16 billion hit on Thursday, as the social media giant headed for the biggest one-day wipeout in U.S. stock market history, a day after executives forecast years of lower profit margins.
Martin Blessing, the Commerzbank chief executive, forecast that the bank would report an operating profit in 2012.
