Sentence examples for period of speculation from inspiring English sources

The Scottish champions also clearly wanted to avoid a concerted period of speculation surrounding their manager.

The winner of this year's Nobel peace prize is to be named on Friday morning, putting an end to a period of speculation and volatile betting.

After a long period of speculation, the NBA Players Association announced on Friday that they had placed head Billy Hunter on "indefinite leave".

The difficulty of co-ordinating schedules to organise the sequel was one of the main reasons Theroux gave for the long period of speculation.

Rhys McCarthy, national officer for the Unite union, said: "Today's news ends a period of speculation over United Biscuits and we trust will lead to a future of certainty for the workforce that makes some of the nation's favourite biscuits.

The British unit is arriving during a period of speculation that American-led forces are gearing up to strike remnants of Taliban and Al Qaeda forces near or across Afghanistan's mountainous border with Pakistan.

This media speculation may well lead to a protracted period of financial speculation, however, during which techies are joined by increasing numbers of financial sophisticates seeking a new bubble to exploit.

When the diamond market crashed in the early 1980's after a period of reckless speculation, the company spiraled toward bankruptcy.

The sale of Yahoo to Verizon for $4.83bn£3.62bnbn) marks the end of a period of intense speculation and ferocious investor activism at the embattled web company.

Chinese stock markets have lost 45percentt of their value since setting a record last October during a period of feverish speculation when many small investors began buying stocks for the first time.

CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak arrived back in Egypt on Saturday, three weeks after undergoing an operation in Germany, ending a period of intense speculation over the state of his health but maybe not about the future of his country's leadership.