1.   Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front, quashing speculation over their marriage.

2.   As for his decision Tuesday to go public, Tools said he wanted to tell a curious world that he was fine and to quash speculation.

3.   At a press conference in London earlier last week, Daimler-Benz CEO Juergen Schrempp brusquely quashed the speculation.

4.   Bonds rose on the week after the Bank of Japan governor quashed speculation the central bank would guide rates higher any time soon.

5.   Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer quashed speculation for another cut in interest rates anytime soon, saying conditions for further expansion are already in place in Germany.

6.   But a state official tried to quash that speculation, noting that sharing sales tax with private companies is illegal in Tennessee.

7.   European currencies failed to benefit from comments by Bundesbank officials quashing speculation of an imminent rate rise in Germany.

8.   His aides have been warned to quash all speculation for fear that Georgians might punish him next year for harboring higher ambitions.

9.   Intel Corp. shares fell after the company quashed speculation it would boost its stock buyback program.

10.   Jungels sought to quash speculation Enterprise was poised to make a big acquisition, which cropped up in newspaper stories over the past weekend.