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Automaker forecasts first annual profit drop in seven yearsTOKYO - Toyota said the strong yen and weaker U.S. sales took a bite out of January-March earnings and projected worse was to come — a 27 percent plunge in its full-year profit.It would be the first drop in full-year profit in seven years for the automaker.The results and outlook released Thursday highlight how the tough North American a

The Indonesian central bank on Tuesday cut its economic growth forecast for this year to 6.2 percent, the lower end of its initial target, due to a weaker global economy.Bank Indonesia was earlier looking at gross domestic product growing between 6.2 percent and 6.8 percent this year, compared to the 6.32 percent clip in 2007."Indonesia's economy is expected to continue to grow at a moderate pace

Reuters - AnnTaylor Stores Corp raised its first-quarter earnings forecast on Monday, citing lower inventories and improvement at its LOFT chain, sending shares of the women's clothing retailer up 11.5 percent.

Viet Nam is predicted to post gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.2% this year, compared with 8.84% last year. In the most likely scenario forecast by Vietnam's Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), the institute also predicted the country's inflation rate of 19.4% and export growth of 26.2% in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The office of National Statistics suggest that England will soon become the most Crowded place in Europe. Forecasts suggest that the population of the UK will increase by 33 % in the next 50 years as it becomes the most crowded country in Europe. Estimates for the population are that it will rise from 50 million to 68 million. This gives a population density of 1,349 person for every square mile

US travel giant AAA reported Friday that 25.1 million Americans are expected to be traveling internationally this summer, an increase over last summer's 24.5 million despite aweak US dollar; the increase is partially attributed to the fact that more Americans now have passports, thanks to new passport rules for Mexico and Canada travel. Spending by Americans in other countries this summer will increase 5.7 percent to $30.7 billion primarily thanks to the weakness of the US dollar, which creates a poor exchange rate, and inflation.The number of American travelers to China is expected to increase by 13.4 percent (573,000 American travelers) and to India by 13.1 percent (227,000). Visits to France will increase 6.7 percent, and Ireland, Italy and Germany will see small jumps. The largest volu

Market may open down. Market would be volatile & show significant ups and down. Market may up between 11.25 and 11.45. Market may steady or up side between 13.15 and 13.35. Market may close at down to previous closing.Opening Bell CallBuyRELIANCE - Reliance Industries LtdHDIL - Housing Development and Infrastructure LimitedHINDALCO - Hindalco Industries Ltd.APTECHT - Aptech LimitedRPL - Reliance Petroleum LimitedDLF - DLF LimitedOpening Bell CallSell INDIANB - Indian BankVGUARD - V-Guard Industries LimitedTECHM - Tech Mahindra LimitedACC - ACC LimitedINDIABULLS - Indiabulls Financial Services LimitedORCHIDCHEM - Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals LtdTechnical Analysis for 30th April 2008BSE-SENSEX - Major Support - 17271, 17194, 17118, 16988, 16858, 16651BSE-SENSEX - Major Resista

According to Bloomberg today, former World Bank President James Wolfensohn is predicting that losses from the global credit turmoil may climb to $1 trillion. Wolfesohn, who was the head of the Word Bank from 1995 to 2005, said after addressing the European Pensions and Savings Summit: “It does seem to be a major adjustment on [...]

Smart Buyers Collection is a collection of words of wisdom by various Singapore property watchers.By: uncertainPosted: 28-04-2008Well...I would wait at least another 6 months to a year. We told clients and investors to sell all Singapore holdings (property, stocks and everything else) in June 2007. We determined that prices would never, ever be higher and were predicting a 15% drop in pricing by March 2008 and 25% drop by June 2008. Rationale was simple and not rocket science. #1. There was no demand for housing when the boom started. The vacancy rates on existing housing were above New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo and other major urban market levels. A Singapore property boom made no sense at all. #2. Singapore GDP...nice impressive numbers. But the growth was 99% construction related.

11th Match IPL Forecast 2008 - Indian Premier League Forecast 2008 IPLT20 Forecast 2008 Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - April 26, 2008 Kolkata Knight Riders may win TOSS Prediction : Chennai Super Kings may win this match. 12th Match IPL Forecast 2008 - Indian Premier League Forecast 2008 IPLT20 Forecast 2008 Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - April 26, 2008 Rajasthan Royals may win TOSS Prediction : Bangalore Royal Challengers may win this match.

11th Match IPL Forecast 2008 - Indian Premier League Forecast 2008 IPLT20 Forecast 2008 Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - April 26, 2008 Kolkata Knight Riders may win TOSS Prediction : Chennai Super Kings may win this match. 12th Match IPL Forecast 2008 - Indian Premier League Forecast 2008 IPLT20 Forecast 2008 Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - April 26, 2008 Rajasthan Royals may win TOSS Prediction : Bangalore Royal Challengers may win this match.

In its most sought after forecast of all-time, Housing Predictor forecasts the bottom of real estate markets throughout the nation. The country’s real estate slump has developed into the worst housing crash since the Great Depression with falling home values in the over-whelming majority of markets. The Housing Predictor Worst 25 housing market forecasts have been [...]

Business Times - 25 Apr 2008 Tony Tan's 'worst recession' remark not a forecast 'Pessimistic scenario' is one of three that GIC is working on By CONRAD TAN (SINGAPORE) Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) deputy chairman Tony Tan yesterday clarified that his remarks earlier this week that the world could be facing its worst recession in 30 years unless policymakers act soon were not meant as a forecast for the global economy.Instead, they referred to a 'pessimistic scenario' - one of three basic economic scenarios that GIC is working on as part of its risk management, he said.GIC 'continuously reviews a range of economic scenarios' that can affect its investment strategy, he added.GIC, which invests Singapore's foreign reserves overseas, is the world's third largest sovereign weal

When we are planning to travel to somewhere is always important to know how is the whether in that place. So, a suggestion made by one of my readers, is to visit the Weather Bonk website, this website is dedicated to the weather forecast around the world. This website knows everything about weather, it’s so generous that [...]

Economists not surprised by slower jobs growth forecast - Singapore By Ng Baoying,     SINGAPORE : Jobs growth this year will come off the record highs seen last year. According to the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF), the pace will come in at about 3-4 percent, down from the 7.7 percent jump in 2007. Economists said these numbers do [...]

Market may open up. Market would be volatile & show significant ups and down. Market may up between 11.00 and 11.25. Market may steady or up side between 12.17 and 12.32. Market may close at up to previous closing.Opening Bell CallBuyGBN - Global Broadcast News Limited More.....EDUCOMP - Educomp Solutions Limited More.....BAJAJHIND - Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd More.....ADLABSFILM - Adlabs Films Limited IVRCLINFRA - IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Ltd.Opening Bell CallSell NTPC - NTPC LimitedPOLARIND - Polar Industries LtdUTVSOF - UTV Software Communications LimitedGAIL - GAIL (India) LimitedUNITECH - Unitech LtdTechnical Analysis for 25th April 2008BSE-SENSEX - Major Support - 16694, 16644, 16606, 16568, 16480, 16392BSE-SENSEX - Major Resistance - 16744, 16782, 16820, 16870, 16920, 170

April 24 - Ford Motor Co. reported an unexpected first-quarter profit as Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally cut jobs in North America and tripled earnings in Europe, a sign that his turnaround plan may be working. The world's third-largest automaker earned $100 million, or 5 cents a share, compared with a deficit of $282 million, or 15 cents, a year earlier. Analysts had forecast a loss. The shares gained as much as 9.6 percent in New York trading. With more expense reductions about to kick in and Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford stepping up new-vehicle introductions, Mulally may be poised to deliver on his promise to stop losses that totaled $15.3 billion in the last two years. ``In the face of strong headwinds, it looks like the turnaround is taki

CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARYU.S. Dollar Trading (USD) strengthened against the bulk of the majors on Wednesday as poor economic data coming out of the Euro Zone and slightly more dovish comments from ECB officials pushed the greenback higher, causing a flow on effect against other currencies. The U.S dollar gained further ground after Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker expressed concern over the pace of the greenback’s decline suggesting it wll hurt Euro economic growth. U.S stocks gained on Wednesday following a number of companies bettering expected earnings. This saw the Dow Jones rise by 43 points (0.3%) and the NASDAQ increase 28 points (1.2%). Oil prices remained strong, seeing only marginal gains as a weekly U.S inventory report showed an increase in stock by 2.4 mill

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunities in the UK WAN/managed services market across various vertical markets. The forecast period is from 2007 to 2012, and the scope includes all major vertical markets. Key reasons to read this report Provides the most complete and current guide providing business WAN/managed services [...]

Rating agency Crisil has revised downwards the Indian GDP growth forecast for FY'09 to 8.1 per cent, from the earlier 8.5 per cent, in view of the high inflationary conditions, interest rate and global growth outlook.However, despite the growth deceleration, Crisil expects inflation to stabilise at an average 5.5 per cent in 2008-09 in a normal monsoon scenario, the agency said here in a release. "Our earlier GDP forecast of 8.5 per cent had assumed a cut in the poli cy interest rate by the central bank in response to the slowing economy. This is now ruled out since current inflation and inflationary expectations are way beyond the RBI's comfort zone of 4.5 to 5 per cent," said the Principal Economist of Crisil Mr Dh armakirti Joshi said.Inflation is expected to remain high in the next few

Co reports total quarterly gold production of approx 90,000 ounces at Northgate’s three operating mines at an average net cash cost of production of $347 per ounce. Total gold production is forecast to be 425,000 ounces: 236,000 ounces at Kemess; 112,000 ounces at Stawell; and, 77,000 ounces at Fosterville. Gold production attributable to Northgate from [...]

There is a lyric by Rage Against the Machine from a song called New Millennium Homes that rings true in our current political climate. Zach de la Rocha sings, "Hungry people don't stay hungry for long." The people of Haiti, Bangladesh and countries across Africa unknowingly echoed this sentiment in the past few weeks. Violence broke out as starving people went in search of food. World Bank President Robert Zoellick noted on cnn.com that:"In just two months," Zoellick said in his speech, "rice prices have skyrocketed to near historical levels, rising by around 75 percent globally and more in some markets, with more likely to come. In Bangladesh, a 2-kilogram bag of rice ... now consumes about half of the daily income of a poor family."The increase worldwide has

Hello Traders!I hope you are fine and keeping good health.I am today updating my EUR/USD forecast.The upside momentum is waning and I expect a downfall in EUR/USD pair. Open sell at the break of 1.5846 support level. There is no need to wait forcandle close in this trade. This trade is a counter trend trade. So, use less lot size. Use money management and trailing stop rules.For those who wants to read my complete EUR/USDforecast with image, entry, stop loss and profit targetsthen below is the downloading link regards,-Muhammad Azeem-Http://www.readyforex.com========================

Source: www.meps.co.uk Global stainless steel production is still expected to reach a record level of 29 million tonnes this year. During the first quarter, most markets across the world have been quite soft. This was the result of unexpectedly large increases in steelmaking during the final trimester of 2007 in the EU and China. These actions prompted [...]

This is similar to the Forecasting Umbrella. The Materious umbrella concept did the same, forecast the rain weather. It equipped an LCD handle the glow according to weather. The white lighting indicates sun, the light blue lighting indicates lighting rain while the blue lighting indicates that it’s going to rain soon. However for all these, [...]

La Nina will remain intact throughout the summer, although weakening above a -.6C anomally. This is following a moderate to strong Nina winter. QBO is neutral nearing positive phase and should last at least through October. March AMO is the 6th highest on record which will be a major factor.Analogs for this summer: 1999, mid 1950's, and mid 1930's.West should be near to below normal. Midwest and Ohio Valley will see significant heat waves especially June to July. Heat will shift east for August with main focus on the Mid Atlantic region.West: -1 to +1Midwest and Ohio Valley: +2 to +5South: -1 to +1Mid Atlantic: +1 to +3Great Lakes and Northeast: 0 to +2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Last month several realtors noted my closed sales forecast for 2008 was a low-ball estimate. I thought it would be a good idea to update my estimate this month since the March RMLS report includes quarterly data.Real estate sales are seasonal yet predictable. Typically 19% to 22% of the annual sales occur in the first quarter of the year. With this we can estimate the annual sales for 2008.The percent of total sales that occurred in the first quarter are as follows:2005 19.4%2006 21.0%2007 22.7%We can see the effects of the slow down as it picks up steam. To forecast I’ll be conservative and say that 19.5% of 2008 sales occurred in the first quarter of the year. This is probably low and will result in an overstatement of closed sales.My forecast remains at 21,800 existing homes to close

An eagle eyed reporter from the Sunday Sport (a highly regarded UK paper…) spotted a dodgy natural phenomenon off the coast of Scotland in a recent BBC weather forecast… A slow news day do you think? via

Crox reduced its earnings forecast for the first quarter sending shares down nearly 28 percent in after hours. The company now expects to receive between $195 million to $200 million in revenues for the first quarter compared to its previous prediction of $225 million. Crox is scheduled to reports its first quarter earnings on May 7th.

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This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the Encryption/SSL Accelerators market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from 2008 [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive view of the revenue opportunities in the global encryption market across all key verticals and geographies. Key reasons to read this report Provides a comprehensive and granular view of the opportunities in the encryption market. Enables stakeholders in the market to make informed strategic and tactical decisions. Identifies the key [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the Ethernet Routers market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from 2008 [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the Ethernet Switches/Hubs market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from 2008 [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the Firewall & VPN Gateways market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts [...]

Hello Traders!I hope you are fine and keeping good health.I am today updating my EUR/USD forecast.Market takes out my protective trailing stop in last EUR/USDsell trade and I am out of the market now with +50 pips in this trade.Q: What’s next for the EUR/USD?A: I have 3 options in my mind.My first option is to buy around 1.5899 with stop loss 1.5773First profit target is 1.6350 and second profit target is 1.6550For those who wants to read my complete EUR/USD forecastwith image and 3 options then below is the downloading link regards,-Muhammad Azeem-Http://www.readyforex.com============================

"Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!" The Boy Who Cried Wolf , Aesop's Fables Another year has gone by and the latest hurricane forecast is out. It is great because it is an easy post. I get to cut and past last years hurricane post because the outlook is the same as it has been since the turn of the century. Current forecast from Colorado Sate: "We foresee a well above-average Atlantic basin tropical cyclone season in... Continued at Todd Sullivan's ValuePlays

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the High-end Servers & Mainframes market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive view of the revenue opportunities in the global information rights management market across all key verticals and geographies. Key reasons to read this report Provides a comprehensive and granular view of the opportunities in the information rights management market. Enables stakeholders in the market to make informed strategic and tactical [...]

The Global IT Hardware interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date database of revenue opportunity for IT hardware vendors. The model provides hardware revenue opportunity figures from 2006 to 2012 covering 6 hardware segments, 34 component markets, 36 major geographies, and 9 industry verticals. Key reasons to read this report Most complete and current guide providing [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the WLAN Cards market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from 2008 [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the Workstations market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from 2008 to [...]

Market may open down. Market would be volatile & show significant ups and down. Market may down between 10.01. and 10.27. Market may steady or down side between 12.40 and 13.00. Market may close at down to previous closing.Opening Bell CallBuyRPOWER - Reliance Power LimitedMore....SBIN - State Bank of IndiaICICIBANK - ICICI Bank LtdMore....BHARTIARTL - Bharti Airtel LimitedTCS - Tata Consultancy Services LimitedGUJNRECOKE - Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd.Opening Bell CallSellGAIL - GAIL (India) Limited More....IOC - Indian Oil Corporation LtdMore....GRASIM - Grasim Industries Ltd.RELIANCE - Reliance Industries Ltd More....BSE-SENSEX - Major Support - 15643, 15539, 15435, 15274, 15113, 14848BSE-SENSEX - Major Resistance - 15804, 15965, 16069, 16173, 16438NSE-NIFTY - Major Support - 4729, 4694, 46

UPDATE: Alcoa Trims Growth Forecast For ‘08 Aluminum Demand Last Update: 4/7/2008 5:51:27 PM (Updates with conference call comments and additional detail.) By Bob Sechler Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Alcoa Inc. (AA) is forecasting 8.5% growth in worldwide primary aluminum consumption this year, a decline from the company’s prior estimate of more than 9%. The biggest [...]

I just returned from a ten day whirlwind tour of Europe during which time I met with sales prospects and partners in England, Sweden, Germany and France.  One message resonated loud and clear – European companies still tend to operate on a country-specific basis.  Systems are disparate, processes are inconsistent, and collaboration on forecasts and [...]

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LONDON (MarketWatch) - U.S. stock futures turned lower on Friday after more jobs were shed in March than economists had predicted, setting the stage for further worries about the health of the world’s largest economy. Stock futures that had rallied going into the report turned lower on a dime. S&P500 futures fell 2.5 points to 1,370.90, Nasdaq 100 [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the WAN Multi-service Switches market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the Wireless Access Points market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the WLAN Cards market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from 2008 [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the Workstations market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from 2008 to [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday cut its 2008 outlook for world economic growth for the second time this year, in a move that acknowledged housing and credit... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

By Shamim Adam April 2 (Bloomberg) -- The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for global growth this year and said there's a 25 percent chance of a world recession, citing the worst... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Edelweiss 20s Challenge Forecast 2008 - Indian Cricket League Forecast 2008Hyderabad Heroes vs Lahore Badshahs at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh - April 4, 20081st Final Forecast 2008Twenty20 Forecast 2008Hyderabad Heroes may win TOSSPrediction : Hyderabad Heroes may win this match.Hyderabad Heroes vs Lahore Badshahs at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan - April 6, 20082nd Final Forecast 2008Twenty20 Forecast 2008Hyderabad Heroes may win TOSSPrediction : Hyderabad Heroes may win this match.

South Africa in India Test Series Forecast 2008 India vs South Africa at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad - April 3 - 7, 20083rd Test Forecast 2008India may win TOSS Prediction : India may win this match.

Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series Forecast 2008 West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain - April 3 - 7, 20082nd Test Forecast 2008 West Indies may win TOSS Prediction : West Indies may win this match.

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the WAN Multi-service Switches market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the Wireless Access Points market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the WLAN Cards market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from 2008 [...]

This interactive model offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of the revenue opportunity in the Workstations market. The model provides overall revenue opportunity in the market, broken down across major geographies and industry verticals. A retrospective market sizing is provided for 2006, along with a current estimate for 2007 and forecasts from 2008 to [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Department store operator J.C. Penney (JCP) on Friday slashed its first-quarter earnings forecast, saying sales through the Easter holiday were below expectations and noting that consumer confidence is at a multi-year low.Penney's shares fell sharply, dragging down shares of other retailers.Department store operators that cater to middle-income Americans have been hit hard by the slowdown in consumer spending as these shoppers forgo purchases of clothes, jewelry or home furnishings amid fears of a U.S. recession.But even upscale department store chains like Nordstrom (JWN) and Neiman Marcus are starting to feel the strain of the spending slowdown."J.C. Penney operates in a very challenged part of the retail sector," said Craig Johnson, president of retail consulting

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Department store operator J.C. Penney (JCP) on Friday slashed its first-quarter earnings forecast, saying sales through the Easter holiday were below expectations and noting that consumer confidence is at a multi-year low.Penney's shares fell sharply, dragging down shares of other retailers.Department store operators that cater to middle-income Americans have been hit hard by the slowdown in consumer spending as these shoppers forgo purchases of clothes, jewelry or home furnishings amid fears of a U.S. recession.But even upscale department store chains like Nordstrom (JWN) and Neiman Marcus are starting to feel the strain of the spending slowdown."J.C. Penney operates in a very challenged part of the retail sector," said Craig Johnson, president of retail consulting

Hello Traders!I hope you are fine and keeping good health.My latest forecast of EUR/USD and USD/JPY currency pairs.Sell entry in EUR/USD pair is open. I am in profit +160 pips.It is time to move your stop loss and lock +50 pips. Use protective trailing stop. If market moves against your position,then you can still come out safely with +50 pips profit.For those who wants to read my complete EUR/USD and USD/JPYforecast then below is the downloading link regards,-Muhammad Azeem-Http://www.readyforex.com============================

SINGAPORE, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - The World Bank on Tuesday cut its 2008 growth forecast for East Asia, which it said faces "testing times" as the global fallout from a US financial crisis... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The World Bank said Tuesday it was cutting its 2008 growth forecast for East Asia, which it said faces "testing times" as the global fallout from the US financial crisis deepens.In its half-yearly report, the bank said East Asia can now expect 7.3 percent growth this year, down from its previous forecast of a more robust 8.2 percent.The revised forecast represents a marked slowdown from the 8.7 percent expansion recorded last year in the bank's East Asia grouping, which includes Southeast Asia, China and most other regional countries but not Japan.Growth this year in Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, is seen slowing to 6.0 percent from 6.3 percent in 2007, it said."Global financial turmoil is beginning to have an effect," it said but added: "Indonesia is expected to weather the

I saw this clip on CNN this morning during one of the news shows. I had to share this clip from the 30s on fashion predictions for the year 2000.A belt that adapts to climatic changes? A dress with aluminum? A wedding dress made of glass? I bet that would be heavy and dangerous. A headlight headband to find an honest man? How about the man's suit equipped with tissues and candy for the cutie? Hilarity.

Vietnam’s economy is forecast to maintain strong growth at 8.2% in 2008, underpinned by high investment growth with the expansion in industrial and service sectors. However, a United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) survey warned that inflationary pressure will be a key concern... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bank Negara Malaysia’s latest forecast is nothing new. Higher inflation for 2008 was well anticipated by Malaysians ever since last year. You folks should see what will happen when Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announces another fuel hike in the next few months. :-)By the way Bank Negara Malaysia, stop blaming domestic inflation on external economic factors. Malaysia is a very rich country and should be able sustain itself and perform better than Singapore.Now, what the hell happened to our nation’s riches?Tags: malaysia kini, malaysiakini, malaysiatoday, malaysia election, 2008 election, barisan nasional 2008

Crude oil rose more than $3 a barrel in New York after a government report showed that supplies gained less than forecast as imports and refinery operation dropped.Inventories climbed 88,000 barrels to 311.8 million barrels in the week ended March 21, according to the Energy Department. A 1.8 million barrel gain was expected, according to the median of 12 responses in a Bloomberg News survey. Imports dropped 6 percent to 8.9 million barrels, the lowest since March 2007.Crude oil for May delivery rose $3.12, or 3.1 percent, to $104.34 a barrel at 10:44 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Futures prices climbed to $111.80 a barrel on March 17, the highest since trading began in 1983. Oil is up 66 percent from a year ago.Brent crude for May settlement rose $2.51, or 2.5 percent, to $103

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Hello Traders!I hope you are fine and keeping good health.My latest forecast of EUR/USD and USD/JPY currency pairs.Market is moving with great volatility. So, little adjustment in myentry orders is necessary.EUR/USD pair is moving up well and this corrective rally probablyfinds resistance around the 1.5783 to 1.5839 [wave B]I am now looking to sell at 1.5783 resistance level with stop lossabove 1.5903. My first profit target is 1.5287 level.For those who wants to read my complete EUR/USD and USD/JPY forecastwith images and risk to reward ratio etc.. then below is thedownloading link regards,-Muhammad Azeem-Http://www.readyforex.com======================

South Africa in India Test Series Forecast 2008 India vs South Africa at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai - March 26, 2008 1st Test Forecast 2008 South Africa may win TOSS Prediction : India may win this match.

South Africa in India Test Series Forecast 2008India vs South Africa at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai - March 26, 20081st Test Forecast 2008South Africa may win TOSS Prediction : India may win this match.

Hello Traders!I hope you are fine and keeping good health.My latest forecast of EUR/USD currency pair.I am expecting EUR/USD pair to move up to print Wave Btowards 1.5733 to 1.5738 resistance levels.I do not recommend to buy at the current price level becauseI have a sell plan in my mind around 1.5733 with stop loss above 1.5790.My first profit target is 1.5396 level.For those who wants to read my complete EUR/USD forecastwith images and risk to reward ratio etc.. then below is thedownloading link regards,-Muhammad Azeem-Http://www.readyforex.com======================

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The results of the material forecast are frequently used as a basis for SOP. In MRP, the forecast values calculated during the forecast run result in purchase requisitions or in planned orders and they can also be used for determining safety stock and reorder levels.Splitting the MRP Forecast RequirementsEffects on Consumption-Based MRP Planning Procedur...Reducing MRP Forecast RequirementsMaterial MRP ForecastSignificance of the Material MRP Forecast for Mate...

Forecast requirement values created during the forecast run are displayed on the time axis as issues:When calculating the current stock/requirements situation (displayed in the stock/requirements list), the system reduces the current period's forecast requirements by the consumption figures from the same period which have already been posted. The same procedure is also used for calculating material requirements, that is, the system successively consumes forecast requirements with withdrawal postings. In MRP, the reduction of forecast requirements only differs in two aspects: the results of the forecast are available for planning as forecast requirements for unplanned consumption. forecast requirements are reduced by unplanned consumption from the same period which has already been

For material requirements planning, it is possible to split the period requirements into smaller periods. For example, monthly forecast values can be split into weekly or daily quantities.You set the splitting indicators in the material master record in the Splitting indicator field.If you have selected a daily split, the system distributes the forecast requirement, which has been reduced by the actual consumption values, over the remaining workdays in the month.The requirements split is identical for both the consumption-based planning procedure and the MRP procedure. Splitting the MRP Forecast RequirementsEffects on Consumption-Based MRP Planning Procedur...Reducing MRP Forecast RequirementsMaterial MRP ForecastSignificance of the Material MRP Forecast for Mate...

In order to print out a list of materials from a certain plant which were included in a forecast run and which you want to use for checking the forecast results, follow the procedures described below:Starting from the menu screen of the forecast, select Forecast ® Total forecast ® Print. The initial screen for Material Forecast Printing appears.Enter the plant, for which you want to print out the forecast result, as well as a period indicator if you want to limit the selection to a certain time interval. If you also want a printout of the process and exception messages which were created during the forecast, select the Log field. Press ENTER. The Print Parameters screen now appears.Specify the print parameters, for example, the printer on which the list is to be printed, and then sel

Errors or exceptional situations which appear during the total forecast are recorded in the exception messages and are allocated to a certain error class. If an error occurs in a material forecast, then the system marks the material for which the error occurs for reprocessing.If you want to check the forecast result in online mode and reprocess the marked materials, proceed as follows:Starting from the menu screen of the forecast, select Forecast ® Total forecast ® Reprocess. The initial screen for Forecast Reprocessing appears.Enter the plant and the MRP controller number. If you want to limit the selection to a certain interval, you must enter the appropriate period indicator.Furthermore, you can limit the selection of exception messages to one particular error class by selecting v

You cannot directly change the forecast values which were calculated by the system. You can only do this by means of a corrected value. This is necessary in the following cases:if less will be produced than was forecast, due to forthcoming company holidays if higher consumption is expected than was forecast due to a forthcoming advertising campaign To change the forecast values, follow the steps as described below: Either start from the menu screen of the forecast: Select Individual forecast ® Change, then enter the material number and the plant and press ENTER . The Parameter Overview screen now appears.Alternatively, you can start from the reprocessing list:In this case, you select the material you want by selecting, Choose . In this way you also arrive at the Paramete

If you want to carry out the forecast for all the articles in one certain site or in all sites, then you must carry out a total forecast. A description of how to do this is given in the following paragraphs:From the menu screen of the forecast, select Forecast ® Total forecast ® Execute. The initial Forecast screen appears for carrying out the total forecast.Enter the required data:Site Enter the site for which the total forecast is to be started. If you do not enter a site here, the forecast is carried out for all sites.Period indicatorThis indicator specifies the time period for which the forecast values are managed in the system. The options given mean the following:M - MonthlyW - WeeklyT - DailyP - Period according to fiscal year variantAll those articles which have the same period

To start the total forecast in background mode, from the menu screen of the forecast, select Forecast ® Total forecast ® Execute (background).The initial screen for Background Request appears.Here, you can either start the forecast run immediately or you can plan it to start at a later date by means of a selection variant. The forecast is then carried out in background mode. More detailed information on background request procedures can be found in the SAP document ABAP/4: Generating and Printing Reports.A repeat forecast (that is, the forecast is carried out again for a certain period) is not possible for the total forecast either in online or in background mode.How Does the System Optimize the Smoothing Factors...Monitoring the Selected MRP Forecast ModelEx-Post F

The forecast calculates the forecast values by using various mathematical formulae which evaluate historical data. The accuracy of the forecast basically depends on the extent and quality of the data that is available.You only enter historical values when you create a new article master record or when the system creates a new article master record via batch input. The system then generates these values using withdrawal postings.The system recalculates the basic value and the trend value for each forecast by using the smoothing factors and the most recent consumption values. The smoothing factors are the weighting factors used for historical data, with the values from the most recent period playing a more important role in the forecast than the values from previous periods. The greater the

If a warehouse that stores article has to be ready for delivery at all times, then there has to be a high level of safety stock in this warehouse, as forecasting error cannot always be ruled out. This would also entail a high level of warehousing costs. The level of safety stock depends on the service level you select, on the replenishment lead time and on the accuracy of the forecast.In order to keep the safety stock and therefore the storage costs as low as possible, the RP controller usually specifies a service level for each article. From a mathematical point of view, the service level represents an organization's ability to avoid a shortfall occurring during replenishment lead time.If you opt for a relatively high service level, then the safety stock level calculated by the sy

The system carries out an ex-post forecast for the initial forecast if more past values are available than are required/are to be used for initialization. It also carries out the ex-post forecast during parameter optimization, model initialization and for evaluating the accuracy of the forecast.The system only carries out the ex-post forecast for subsequent forecasts when there is a gap of more than one forecast period between the last forecast date and the current forecast date. For technical reasons, the series of forecast values must be recalculated for every period. Since this requires a lot of time and effort for articles which are forecast daily or weekly, you can now make up for periods which you have "omitted" from the forecast. This means that it is no longer necessary to carry

In the course of time, the characteristics of a consumption series can change. In order to be able to react to this in time, the system calculates a so-called tracking signal during every forecast. The tracking signal links the error total (FS) and the mean absolute devialtion (MAD) in the following manner:Tracking signal = │ FS/MAD │ The forecast error is the difference between actual consumption values and the forecast values from the same period whereas the error total is the sum of all the forecast errors in a consumption series. The error total is used to check the validity of the forecast model in operation.If a model is still valid, that is, if the consumption series has not changed, then you can assume that the error total is distributed normally and has an average of