Many of Asia's listed Internet plays are portals, among the easiest e-businesses to assemble though among the most speculative in terms of future profitability.
Whilst our data are correlative and thus our results are speculative in terms of causality, we show associations between parasite infection and immune function, and between parasite infection and a physiological trait that we show to be of ecological significance.
At the end of the day, scientists may learn to love this new way of evaluating their significance, since it could take away some of the hype and lead to a better balance between speculative short-term praise and proper long-term credit based on facts, allowing them to focus once more on conducting their research.
According to the OECD, it is the more speculative, longer-term projects that are cut first.
But fans buy a seat to be entertained that night, not to help fund a multimillionaire's speculative long-term business strategy.
"The balance of power would move from those making speculative short-term purchases in times of war to the judgment of those who had made their investment decision in peacetime," said Carr.
This month, the A.F.L.-C.I.O., the nation's main labor federation, has organized 200 protests nationwide to publicly shame bankers, calling for new taxes on bankers' bonuses and on speculative short-term financial transactions — in the hope of collecting tens of billions of dollars to finance a job creation program.
When a disproportionate amount of capital inflows is going toward speculative short-term investment, policymakers should ask themselves why.
We feel that bear market funds should be used to neutralize portfolio risk and not as a tool for speculative short-term trading.
