21.   In the last two weeks, there have been reports of banks in Singapore being short of ringgit due to speculative activities.

22.   In the foreign exchange market, activity peaked in July in the wake of increased speculative activity on the ringgit in the aftermath of developments in Thailand.

23.   Jaktip advised that people should avoid speculative activities to protect themselves from fraud on top of their suffering from the economic downturn.

24.   Officials claimed victory and later introduced a series of regulations to restrict speculative activity and stabilize the markets.

25.   Suthichart suggested that retailers concentrate on their core businesses and eliminate non-core activities such as investments in real estate and other speculative activities.

26.   Some speculative activities pushed the price up, the dealer said.

27.   The authorities would also keep buying stocks and futures contracts to support prices if they detect harmful speculative activities again, Donald Tsang told legislators.

28.   The entities do not engage in speculative activities and GE employees are not permitted to invest in them.

29.   The government claimed victory and later introduced a series of regulations to restrict speculative activity and stabilize the markets.

30.   The main market focus was on select stocks such as Nikko Securities and Nissan, which have been the subject of speculative activity, dealers said.