It all depends whether you are anticipating losses or profits.

Still, Lloyd's is anticipating profits of $2.57 billion in 1994 and of $2.17 billion in 1995.

By tweaking the prices and adjusting for demand, merchants can anticipate profits on products in the system and plan sales accordingly.

With 95 million shares outstanding, Dow Jones had been anticipating profits of about $142 million.

This provided a lift to First Boston's net income, which surprised some analysts who had anticipated even smaller profits.

Investors anticipating higher corporate profits and another cut in interest rates drove the three major stock market indexes higher last week.

On the one hand this makes sense - it's not prudent to anticipate future profits.

Cigna is anticipating profits of $40 million a year in the near future.

The buyout anticipated rapidly rising sales and profits.

Even in 1999, she anticipates slender profits of $30 million on sales of $718 million.