21.   The state would remain the largest shareholder in these companies, but private investors would assume management control.

22.   Traders said investors assume the ad was placed by an Osaka-based speculative group as a way to advise its members.

23.   Traders say investors are assuming the ad was placed by an Osaka-based speculative group as a way to advise its members.

24.   Until now though, many investors assumed that the fledgling nature and lack of transparency in many emerging markets spelled opportunity for smart stock pickers.

25.   When the Senate voted last week to phase out farm subsidies, some investors might have assumed the move would depress agricultural stocks.

26.   Goldman said investors are assuming that the Federal Reserve will not raise short-term interest rates this month, and that the markets can benefit from a seasonal upside bias.

27.   Investors are assuming that Russia will be the prime topic of discussion at the Paris meeting of finance officials from the Group of Seven industrialized nations next week.

28.   Investors assume that a cut in interest rates will eventually boost consumption and help the earnings of these companies.

29.   Previously, investors had assumed that corporate earnings, and therefore stock valuations, were insulated from economic downturns.

30.   True, whenever the IMF intervenes in a crisis, investors will always assume there are bailouts on tap.