As a result, E.D.S. held a long conference call with analysts and portfolio managers to explain the layoffs, answer questions about its accounting practices and confront what Richard H. Brown, the chief executive, called a climate of "rumor, speculation and innuendo".
It was in this climate of heightened speculation and uncertainty that the 38-year-old, who, in Italy's ageing political class, would make a startlingly and almost indecently young occupant of Palazzo Chigi, gave an interview to the Guardian and partner newspapers from France, Italy, Germany, Poland and Spain.
"(Whether they are) innocent or not, simply being involved in the investigation makes anyone nervous". Indeed, the stepped-up investigation--and its emphasis on videotapes of the crowd around Colosio when he was shot--has created a heated climate of rumors, speculation, paranoia and expectation.
Many of the Asian currencies were overvalued, creating a climate for speculation, especially in real estate.
There has been a lot of speculation since climate change doubter Donald Trump's election about what the consequences could be for global climate action.
However, the specific types of change (i.e., local, regional, or global), the direction of change in a particular location (i.e., positive or negative), and the magnitude of change in air quality that may be attributable to climate change are a matter of speculation, based on extrapolating present understanding to future scenarios.
Topics include climate change and environmental policy, the role of speculation in energy markets, the political economy of energy policies, and market power and antitrust.
Coming a month after Mr. Trump threatened "fire and fury" on North Korea, this nuclear test intensified a climate of fear, reciprocal threats and speculation about Kim Jong-un's intentions.
There has been a lot of speculation that hardships caused by climate change are leading people to migrate.
That discrepancy set off a flurry of speculation among skeptics that the framework underlying climate change was fatally flawed.
According to Hewitt's [ 2] speculation on the climate of tropical mountains according to several faunal studies, stable moist habitats in areas not covered by ice provided suitable refugia for species survival and the generation of new lineages.
