1.   Commerzbank AG is selling South African rand-denominated Eurobonds, appealing to investors willing to bet the drop in rand securities has ended.

2.   For speculators willing to bet on big companies that seem only temporarily in hot water, the past offers a few guides.

3.   Is anyone willing to bet against fate today?

4.   Investors willing to bet on Mansfeld may or may not be rewarded.

5.   Investors willing to bet on acquisitions that may never occur have driven shares of red chips through the roof.

6.   The mark was also buoyed by demand from traders willing to bet on the currency and against the Japanese yen.

7.   Were they bargain hunters, willing to bet that small-company stocks were headed for a turnaround?

8.   He learned the barroom trick from a Philadelphia man years ago and uses his unusual skill to hustle beers from people willing to bet he cannot do it.

9.   Such an exchange would inevitably draw swarms of investors willing to bet on making a quick profit.