They don't realize how dire the fiscal outlook really is, and they don't read what the ideologues write.

Under the most dire outlook, the uncertainty plaguing Saatchi could lead to a rout, with clients and employees fleeing and the company sinking back into financial difficulty.

Amid the country's dire economic outlook and persistently high unemployment rate, these agreements are a glimmer of hope that America can reverse its current course with new markets and new jobs.

Insurance giant Prudential once again came under the spotlight as the London market tumbled 4.5pc on fears about the dire outlook for the British economy.

Asked about the reason for his optimism given the state's dire economic outlook, he cited several factors.

But the political and economic repercussions could be substantial, affecting both this year's battle over tax cuts and spending and long-range problems like the dire financial outlook for Social Security.

Apple Computer Inc. said today that it intended to remain an independent company under its new chairman, and it blamed recent "speculation" about a potential merger for making the company's dire financial outlook even bleaker.

Despite the dire outlook, the community and family formed what Sarra called a "feeling of assurance" around Taliaferro.

Despite the increasingly dire military outlook, Nasjonal Samlings position at the head of the government, albeit with its ambiguous relationship to the Reichskommissariat, remained unassailable.

He had admired how President Bush's father, when faced with a dire fiscal outlook, had reneged on his "no new taxes" pledge.