The chief executive of Best Buy, Bradbury H. Anderson, similarly made $7.2 million this year, mostly during the first half, when he was forecasting strong profits and the stock was trading near $50.
Right up until the evening before, he was forecasting a victory, but the rank and file finally turned against a leader who had served them well.
Indeed, his forecast for PSNB in the next three years is now £4 billion less than he was forecasting in his pre-budget report last November, and his predicted current surplus is £2 billion higher.
Last November, he was forecasting a current budget surplus of £5.5 billion in the year to March, making him, he said, set fair to meet the budget-balance rule.
Mr. Myers said he was forecasting a downturn in growth in ad revenue for the broadcast networks in 2001, falling from growth of 9percentthis yearar to just 3percentt next year.
Meanwhile, away from Greece, Federal Reserve official Jerome Powell said he was forecasting two US interest rate rises this year, in September and December, comments which sent the dollar higher and also took some of the edge off equities.
"Oh, he's forecast our financial demise," Branson replied.
He's forecast to borrow over £200bn more than planned simply to pay for the costs of his economic failure".
He is forecasting economic growth of 3.5% this year.
