Q. How much better are earnings likely to be than the original forecasts?

The original forecasts said that by now 16 million passengers would be using the tunnel each year.

Look at how the storm's motion has already shifted from the original forecast.

Inflation for 1995 reached 52 percent, far exceeding original forecasts.

Still, the rate is far lower than the company's original forecast of more than 2.3 million subscribers in the first year.

The original forecast was in the range of $3.22 to $3.29.

By midnight, its masters had thrown in the towel, and put out the computer's original forecast.

This was almost three times the original 707-based forecast.

Those side effects are among the reasons Xenical has never lived up to analysts' original forecasts.

This is almost double the original forecast of 0.6% growth, and the news is a welcome surprise.