I'm willing to bet that this plant (if it's ever built) will fail to live up to the promise of creating the jobs that were initially forecasted and promised (and I'm willing to bet Foxconn knows this reality as well).
Wall Street was initially forecast to open around 60 points higher, but now the futures are suggesting a fall of nearer 90 points.
The tax was initially forecast to earn the government 3 billion Australian dollars (£1.7 billion) in its first year, but collected only AU$126 million after six months.
When bad weather was initially forecast, I thought, "snow" — and loaded up the refrigerator, on the theory that I didn't want to drive in a blizzard.
Lawyers now estimate that Merck will face 35,000 to 40,000 lawsuits, rather than the 100,000 that were initially forecast, and investors have lowered their estimates of the company's overall liability in the litigation to $10 billion or less, rather than the $20 billion or more initially forecast.
It was initially forecast it would take 12 months to reach the milestone.
But the $300 billion savings and loan rescue was initially forecast to be just $50 billion to $60 billion, Schulz said.
The assessments were initially forecast to last an hour, but the process was actually taking two hours, he said.
It was initially forecast to continue north and strike Cuba, prompting evacuations on the island.
Cosme was initially forecast to pass over Hawaii at tropical storm strength.
The storm was initially forecast to move ashore near Mazatlán, prompting officials to close the city's port.
