1.   Among these was the effort by Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt to corner the silver market by buying the metal in huge quantities.

2.   Armstrong said he told the lawyers that he believes the silver market is being manipulated and grounds exist for a lawsuit.

3.   Armstrong said he told the lawyers he believes the silver market is being manipulated and grounds exist for a lawsuit.

4.   At the moment, the professors are researching two cycles in the evolution of the global silver market.

5.   But right now the silver market is very tight.

6.   He was a critic of the European monetary union, and commented on the silver market when Warren Buffett was buying silver last year.

7.   Officials at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates U.S. futures markets, have declined to comment on whether they are investigating movements in the silver market.

8.   Officials at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have declined to comment on whether they are investigating movements in the silver market.

9.   Silver markets also have rallied as speculative commodity funds entered the market, betting that prices were headed higher.

10.   Silver markets also have gained in recent weeks amid rising speculative interest.