Sentence examples for lofty forecasts from inspiring English sources
In the e-mails, energy executives, industry lawyers, state geologists and market analysts voice skepticism about lofty forecasts and question whether companies are intentionally, and even illegally, overstating the productivity of their wells and the size of their reserves.
But in a sign that India will prove to be a tougher market to crack than they had originally thought, executives from both companies seemed to walk back their lofty forecasts from 10 months earlier, saying that they would now open just two more locations in Mumbai this year and their first stores in New Delhi wouldn't be ready until early 2013.
The region's digital landscape is tipped to generate $50 billion this year, but one critical component to it hitting the lofty 2025 forecast is increased investment.
Jewelry store shoppers aren't the only ones forecasting lofty prices.
It added, "Given the potential risk and overhang associated with protracted litigation, little upside to current 2006 earnings forecasts, and a lofty 30 times calendar 2006 price-to-earnings multiple, we would remain on the sidelines despite the recent pullback in the stock".
That is partly because corporate profit forecasts have grown so lofty.
But taking Wimm-Bill-Dann's own forecast of $334 million of Ebitda in 2010, the acquisition values the enterprise at a lofty 16 times that figure.
Lofty, yes, but not as much as the firm's 2009 expectations: IBM announced an earnings forecast for the coming year at $9.20 a share, well above Wall Street's $8.75 call.
The Democrats argue that the administration's forecasts are unrealistic because they assume that individual and corporate tax receipts will return to the lofty levels at the height of the stock market bubble.
While any pressure on the business will also hurt the stock, I'm concerned because investor expectations for Novatel are more lofty than ever, thanks to the better-than-expected earnings report last quarter and the company's rosy forecast for the second quarter.
