Trump’s tariff rollout last year shows how quickly economic forecasts can be made moot by policy pivots from the White House.
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Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
According to Bloomberg, Hood made the call in late 2024 to pause parts of Microsoft’s massive data center buildout, questioning overly optimistic demand forecasts—a decision that rattled investors and may have contributed to today’s capacity shortages as AI demand surged beyond expectations.
As Horsman suggests, the technology will offer crystal ball predictions about how a movie will do at the box office, as well as its cultural resonance.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2026
What the team found matched long-standing predictions— but only when the heat was concentrated exactly where the aurora enters the atmosphere.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
By the end of 1857, no one knew the crack-up of the Union was coming in three years, or that the nation would be in a civil war in four, but the portents were bleak.
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Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
Carol’s favorite, Bella Donna, does not carry the same dark portents.
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