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frames- [ARG0 Japanese press reports] have [rel speculated] [ARG1 that the Japanese contribution could rise to between 20 % and 25 % *U* under the new program] .
- [ARG0 Some criminal lawyers] [rel speculated] [ARG1 that the IRS was sending the letters *-1 to test the issue] .
- [ARG0 A spokesman] declined *-1 to [rel speculate] about [ARG1-about possible reductions in force] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Sherwood] [rel speculated] [ARG1 that the leeway that Sea Containers has *T*-1 means that Temple would have *-2 to `` substantially increase their bid if they 're going *-3 to top us] . ''
- An official for the lead underwriter declined *-1 to comment on the reason for the delay , but [ARG0 market participants] [rel speculated] [ARG1 that a number of factors , including a lack of investor interest , were responsible] .
- [ARGM-ADV With the harvest winding down] , [ARGM-DIS however] , [ARG0 some analysts] are [rel speculating] [ARG1 that prices might jump in some regions as U.S. exporters try *-1 to gather the corn 0 they are obligated *-3 to deliver *T*-2] .
- Georgia-Pacific fell 2 1\/2 to 50 7\/8 , but most paper and forest-products stocks firmed as [ARG0 market players] [rel speculated] about [ARG1-about other potential industry takeover targets] .
- Bond Corp. , British Satellite 's biggest investor , would like *-1 to withdraw from the satellite-TV consortium , and [ARG0 analysts] have [rel speculated] [ARG1 0 Hollywood studios might buy the Bond stake] .
- [ARG1 Where these discoveries will lead *T*-1] , [ARG0 scientists] [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-ADV only] [rel speculate] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Industry analysts] [rel speculated] [ARG1 that Mr. Price 's sudden departure may have stemmed from conflicts with Mr. Gatward] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Leon of Bear Stearns] [rel speculated] [ARG1 that McCaw , in an attempt * to buy time , might consider *-3 filing an antitrust suit against BellSouth with the Justice Department and U.S. District Judge Harold Greene , who *T*-1 oversees enforcement of the consent decree that *T*-2 broke up the Bell system in 1984] .
- That 's led [ARG0 industry executives] to [rel speculate] [ARG1 that future product development will be driven *-1 more by technological innovation than by fashion whims -- especially among mass-market brands] .
- [ARG0 Many political analysts] have [rel speculated] [ARG1 that the Reagan years would produce a staunchly conservative younger generation] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] continued *-1 to [rel speculate] [ARGM-TMP late last week] [ARG1 that Ford may try *-2 to force the issue by *-3 calling for a special shareholder 's meeting and urging that the government and Jaguar holders remove the barriers to a full bidding contest before December 1990] .
- One reason 0 futures are said *-1 to add volatility *T*-2 is that -- [ARGM-ADV unlike in stocks] -- [ARG0 people] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel speculate] in [ARG1-in futures] [ARGM-MNR with little money down] .
- [ARG0 A Turner spokesman] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel speculate] on [ARG1-on the extent of the charge 's effect on the quarter 's earnings] , but said 0 the company continues *-1 to expect *-2 to report a net loss for 1989 .
- [ARG0 Analysts] [rel speculated] [ARG1 that Marsh & McLennan would spend between 250 million marks -LRB- $ 136.4 million *U* -RRB- and 350 million marks *ICH*-1 for the rest of Gradmann & Holler , or roughly 25 to 30 times the private firm 's estimated earnings] .
- [ARG0 Several Cineplex analysts] have [rel speculated] [ARG1 that outside bids received * by the committee were either disappointingly low or for only part of the company] .
- Many investors are unaware 0 [ARG0 their funds] have borrowed *-1 to [rel speculate] in [ARG1-in such a risky market] .
- [ARG0 Some] [rel speculate] [ARG1 that Mr. Corry would agree if he could find a buyer at the right price] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Runkel] declined *-1 to [rel speculate] on [ARG1-on whether the guidelines would curb racketeering prosecutions against corporate defendants] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] have [rel speculated] [ARGM-TMP in recent days] [ARG1 that the value of offers received * by the committee fell well short of what they had hoped 0 *?* , or [ARGM-DIS even] that the company 's chairman , president and chief executive officer , Garth Drabinsky , is the only bidder for the company as a whole] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] have [rel speculated] [ARGM-TMP in recent days] [ARG1 that the value of offers received * by the committee fell well short of what they had hoped 0 *?* , or even that the company 's chairman , president and chief executive officer , Garth Drabinsky , is the only bidder for the company as a whole] .
- [ARG0 Some analysts] [rel speculated] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARG1 that the move has set off a board room split , which *T*-1 may lead to the resignation of Sir Colin Marshall , the carrier 's chief executive officer] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] were n't willing *-1 to [rel speculate] on [ARG1-on how much money Carnival might lose *T*-2 through deposits] .
- [ARG0 Some European analysts] [rel speculated] [ARG1 that officials of Saab 's highly profitable Scania truck operation balked at * surrendering any of their autonomy] .
- [ARG0 Italian papers] [rel speculated] [ARG1 0 the briefcase contained papers either exonerating the Vatican bank from blame in the scandal , or showing that the bank , known * as the Istituto per le Opere di Religione , channeled funds to East bloc groups such as Solidarity in Poland] .
- That pace is causing [ARG0 some analysts] to [rel speculate] [ARG1 that the Soviet Union might soon purchase as much as another two million metric tons] .
- [ARG0 Marketers] [rel speculate] [ARG1 that more affluent people tend *-3 to lead more pressured lives and do n't have time 0 * to research the products 0 they buy *T*-1 for the highest quality and most reasonable price *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 Investors] have been [rel speculating] [ARGM-TMP for weeks] about [ARG1-about the market 's ability * to place the $ 7 billion to $ 10 billion *U* of new junk bonds scheduled * *-2 to be sold *-1 by year end] .
- [ARG0 Edward J. Tirello Jr. , an analyst at Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. ,] [rel speculated] [ARG1 that the sudden dividend elimination presages an expensive agreement with thrift regulators over the company 's insolvent MeraBank savings and loan unit] .
- `` It *EXP*-2 's hard * to imagine [ARGM-MNR how] [ARG0 the markets] were [rel speculating] *T*-3 , given that nobody could get through to San Francisco , '' said *T*-1 one amazed oil company executive .
- As [ARG0 investors] [rel speculated] about [ARG1-about the long - and short-term implications] , shares of a number of companies that *T*-2 might either profit or face problems because of the disaster were actively traded *-1 .
- Friday 's correction presents `` a pretty good buying opportunity , but * let [ARG0 's] [ARGM-NEG not] [rel speculate] [ARGM-TMP at this point in the business cycle] , '' says 0 *T*-1 Carmine Grigoli , chief equity portfolio strategist at First Boston Corp .
- [ARG0 Individual investors , investment firms and arbitragers] who *T*-1 [rel speculate] in [ARG1-in the stocks of takeover candidates] can suffer liquidity and payment problems when stocks dive *T*-2 ; those investors often borrow heavily *-3 to buy their holdings and use the stocks as collateral for loans .
- The prices of cattle and hog futures contracts dropped sharply because [ARG0 traders] [rel speculated] [ARG1 that the stock market plunge Friday will linger in the minds of U.S. consumers long enough *-2 to prompt them to rein in their spending at the supermarket , which *T*-1 would hurt demand for beef and pork] .
- [ARG0 Some analysts] [rel speculate] [ARG1 0 the weakening stock may yet attract a suitor] .