Coinstar, the operator of the Redbox movie-rental kiosks, said in a preliminary report that its first-quarter sales and profit exceeded its February forecast, driven by higher prices.
Finance ministry officials seem confident that Eurostat, the European Commission's statistical arm, will confirm an unprecedented primary budget surplus (before interest payments) of €1.5 billion in 2013.Another record year for tourism is forecast, driven by a recovery in the EU and more bookings from Russian and Chinese visitors.
Oracle said its first-quarter earnings more than doubled, beating Wall Street forecasts, driven by better-than-expected sales of its database-management programs.
Overall, Hays fees rose 1%, better than forecast and driven by the strong UK performance as well as good results from continental Europe, notably Germany and France.
That model happened to coincide with the end of the fiscal year, but it's false to suggest, as Lawler does, that the forecast was driven by the fiscal year, and would have miraculously tracked with the Congressional Budget Office's projections over the next four years if only O.M.B. had extended its forecast beyond FY 2003.
The new forecast is driven by temperature data from September 2014, the warmest September in 135 years of climate tracking.
Moreover, markets can be rational even if the participants, on average, are not: prices, and hence the market forecast, are driven by the marginal transaction and not by average beliefs [25], [32] [34].
The cut in Citi's forecasts is driven by the firm's view that "2018 iPhone is entering a destocking phase, which does not bode well for the supply chain," Yang wrote.
We have increased our medium term cash flow forecasts driven primarily by more optimistic revenue expectations and further capex reductions.
The runoff forecast, which is driven by the ensemble rainfall prediction, can provide uncertainties for the runoff forecasts during typhoon landfall.
The forecast wasn't driven by the fiscal year, "phase one," or any other technical time period.
