31.   The transaction ends recent speculation that France Telecom SA or Deutsche Telekom AG will buy a stake in Infostrada or Olivetti itself.

32.   There has been much recent speculation that he may go to Chicago, where his father, Bobby Hull, was once known as the Golden Jet.

33.   There has been recent speculation that Butler might skip college and turn pro.

34.   Thorn Finance Director Simon Duffy denied recent speculation that the company was planning to spin off its EMI division.

35.   To be sure, the yen benefited in early trading from recent speculation that the U.S. and Japan would join forces and sell dollars to boost the sagging yen.

36.   To be sure, the yen benefited in early trading from recent speculation the U.S. and Japan would join forces and sell dollars to boost the sagging yen.

37.   Peres scoffed at recent speculation by an Argentine Supreme Court judge that the embassy bombing may have been the work of an extremist Jewish group.

38.   But the current turmoil, his age and recent speculation that his health is failing, have fueled calls for him to step aside.

39.   For now, she is finding refuge on the court, putting an end to recent speculation that she was close to retirement.

40.   He added that he was responding to recent speculation that Japan may try to buy its way out of the standoff.