41.   How First USA would fare in such a downturn is a subject of much speculation in the credit card industry.

42.   If the speculation in the industry is correct, they may never have to.

43.   Imagine how perturbed he was when he discovered in May that there was speculation in the Yankee organization that he was distributing amphetamines to some teammates.

44.   Immediate and widespread speculation in newspapers from Reynosa to Mexico City suggested Ruiz might have been assassinated over some kind of underworld dealings.

45.   Immediately after the Oklahoma City blast, there was widespread speculation in the press that Islamic terrorists were responsible.

46.   In addition to the Stoneleigh project, Girouard is building other houses on speculation in New Canaan.

47.   In a related development, the exchange blamed the recent speculation in plywood futures on Zhongjing Industrial Co., the Shanghai Securities News reported.

48.   In LONDON, U.K. stocks closed higher for the first time in seven trading days, hoisted by takeover speculation in the banking industry.

49.   Increased signs of speculation in the stock market are disturbing to at least a handful of money managers.

50.   India has enough foreign exchange reserves to handle speculation in rupees in the foreign currency market in the short term, Finance Secretary Montek Singh Ahluwalia said.