Word: forecasted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more than $2 million worth of company stock. General counsel Howard Hoover and chief financial officer R. John Stanton Jr. dumped half of their holdings at about 27 a share. The trades attracted little attention or suspicion until Browning-Ferris surprised Wall Street with a gloomier-than-expected earnings forecast and its stock plunged 19%. While most shareholders got trashed, Stanton and Hoover avoided $468,000 in losses with their timely sales. Disclosure of the trades led to the resignation of both executives as well as an SEC investigation, which is ongoing...
...goal is to keep as many teams as possible, but I can't forecast the future," Cleary says. "It's like a jigsaw puzzle out there: you have to try to fit the pieces in the puzzle to keep the programs. Because, after all, that's what we're in business for: the programs. It's for the kids...
...siecle had a different tone and temper. The new century seemed to be the new frontier, and predictions about what it would bring were rampant. Many were accurate, from airplanes to television to freeways to disposable bottles. There were some howlers as well, including the forecast that autos would make streets as quiet as country lanes, that there would be no trees left in America by 1920, and that by the end of the 20th century, blacks would constitute about two-thirds of the U.S. population...
...even a Japanese-style recession, with little unemployment and modest growth, can be uncomfortable, especially for businessmen accustomed to easy profits. Bankruptcies are increasing, corporate profits are forecast to drop 6.3% in 1992, after a 15.4% drop in 1991, and the future does not look good...
...radio yesterday reported that voter turnoutwas much higher than expected in New Hampshire. A47 percent turnout had been forecast but stateofficials said 60 percent or more may have gone tothe polls, nearing a record.CrimsonNancy E. GreeneSource: The Associated Press, 52% of precinctsreporting...