EchoStar added 400,000 net subscribers during the quarter, a gain that was within analysts' forecasts of 350,000 to 410,000 additions.
More that ministers had been less than clear about spelling out the economic effects of some of their decisions in public, preferring to hide them within broad forecasts.
This method has been used for years within National Weather Service forecasts, as a period's chance of rain equals the chance that 0.01 inches will fall in any particular spot.
Chinese outbound investment has fallen in recent months, putting the "within two years" forecast in doubt.
At Trusteer, Boodaei forecasts that "within 12 to 24 months, more than one in 20 of all Android phones and iPads/iPhones could become infected by mobile malware … building a powerful fraudulent Android application that steals and abuses your identity and your bank account is almost trivial.
The actual number of storms should fall within the forecast 70% of the time per the NHC.
Total same-store sales rose within that forecast for the week ended on Friday, Wal-Mart said.
Sales of bottled water, flags, duct tape and canned meat helped keep Wal-Mart's sales within its forecast, the company said.
Sales at Wal-Mart stores open at least a year increased 2.1percentt compared with May 2002, within its forecast, the company said.
It was well within the forecast's margin of error, but enough to overcome the levees and spill more than two miles into the city.
