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...bracket”—which is circulated yearly around your office or cellblock. Inevitably, it also separates you from five to ten bucks—or a few grand for the Pete Roses of the world—as you attempt to forecast the future using such pragmatic indicators as “team mascot” and “school colors...
...binding. As part of the Kyoto deal, the E.U. agreed to lower greenhouse gas emission levels by 8% below 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012. But legislation alone won't bring emissions down: E.U. levels crept up in 2001 for the second straight year, and most member states are forecast to miss the Kyoto targets. "With current trends, we could not reach our goals," says a Commission source. "More efforts are needed." Focus now falls on the E.U.'s internal emissions trading scheme - the first of its kind in the world - planned for launch next year. Under the system, governments...
Outsourcing isn't the only jobs issue the Bush White House has uncharacteristically bumbled lately. Another political land mine exploded when the 417-page Economic Report of the President, sent to Congress under Bush's signature, delivered the staggeringly optimistic forecast that the economy would create millions of jobs this year. When asked about the prediction, Bush backed away, avoiding a question about the number after his Treasury Secretary and Commerce Secretary cast doubt upon it. Yet another section of the report raised the important question of whether making a sandwich at a fast-food restaurant (some assembly required) should...
...President is not a statistician." SCOTT MCCLELLAN, White House press secretary, after the Bush Administration backed away from its earlier forecast that the U.S. economy would gain 2.6 million jobs this year...
...last week on takeover speculation. The pair underlined Disney's shortcomings. Among them: the ABC television network, mired in fourth place in the ratings war, made just $37 million in 2003, after clearing $1 billion in operating income in 2000; and Eisner failed to deliver the cash forecast from his $5.2 billion purchase of the Fox Family Channel, which was renamed the ABC Family Channel. Over at Disney's animation division, Comcast says, it would reignite a legendary workshop that Eisner downsized. "When the division was firing on all cylinders," said Burke, "it cranked out hits like The Lion King...