Meles's health became the target of speculation in mid-2012, after he was conspicuously absent from the public eye.
But the committee's emergence, and the secrecy that surrounds its financing, has made it a target of speculation; the committee has even inspired a parody Twitter account featuring a picture of a woman's foot in an expensive-looking high heel, with the tagline: "Because the rich aren't powerful enough, and the poor are too rich".
During Jobs' final years at Apple, his physical condition was a constant target of speculation, leading people to wonder if Apple could maintain its forward progress without him.
One of the values of a currency is stability and the extent (to which) a currency is target of speculation as opposed to primarily a means of exchange," he said, addressing a conference organized by technology industry body Nasscom.
Goldwater had been leading in polls for the 1964 Republican nomination and had been the target of speculation about whether he would enter the presidential race or seek reelection to the U.S. Senate.
Because the mutant enzyme displays neomorphic activity through NADPH-dependent transformation of α-ketoglutarate into 2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG), the tumorigenic role of the increased levels of 2HG has become a target of speculation [ 3].
The nifQ gene of N. galegae was previously the target of speculations that this gene is non-functional in this species, because of the apparent diversification of this gene from the corresponding gene in related species, as well as the lack of a molybdenum-binding motif [ 4].
The removal of Mr. Talwar, decided at a board meeting on Tuesday night, comes at a time when Standard Chartered is once again a target of takeover speculation.
ExecuStay, which was acquired by Marriott International in 1999, has been the target of much speculation on the part of its competitors that it had a bloated inventory and was being forced to relinquish some of its excess units.
US Steel, based in Pittsburgh, was itself the target of takeover speculation earlier this year.In a move reminiscent of Russia's approach to renegotiating energy-production deals with foreign companies, Kazakhstan halted work on a project in its vast Kashagan oilfield, citing "environmental concerns".
