1.   As for paper and chemical companies, consolidation and cost cutting programs should boost earnings above consensus forecasts, he said.

2.   As recently as last week, he said he supported consensus forecasts for first-quarter and full-year profits at Investors Financial.

3.   Broaddus identified several risks to the consensus forecast for continued, moderate economic growth with low inflation.

4.   Confounding the skeptics again, Apple Computer Inc. reported quarterly earnings Wednesday that were more than twice the consensus forecast of Wall Street analysts.

5.   Consensus forecasts were for stable production.

6.   Economists who do not want to jeopardize their career may prefer to stay close to the consensus forecast.

7.   General Growth Properties will report annual earnings well above consensus forecasts if these nine analysts are close to the mark.

8.   Ford still exceeded the consensus forecast of financial analysts by six cents a share, according to First Call.

9.   He said many companies have been caught unprotected because the consensus forecast for this year was a euro rally.

10.   Profit was in line with expectations, though lower than the consensus forecast of analysts surveyed by The Estimate Directory.