71.   Investors have speculated that the riverboat casino operator is ripe for takeover amid rapid consolidation in the casino industry.

72.   Investors may be speculating Edegel will be included on an expanded list of shares suitable for investing by the five private pension funds.

73.   Investors may have speculated on a takeover bid for U.S. Delivery late last month.

74.   Investors speculate that if inflation remains dormant and the economy continues to weaken, the Federal Reserve will trim interest rates.

75.   Investors speculate that quick passage of the bill would speed the sale of state assets in telecommunications and electric utilities.

76.   Investors speculated that GPA may have agreed to buy back the preferred or compensate the fund in some other way.

77.   Ironically, BCA is one of the banks that investors speculate is negotiating to take a stake in Danamon.

78.   Interest rates have climbed in the past two weeks as investors speculated that the economy may have more strength than earlier thought.

79.   Interest rates have climbed in the past two weeks as investors speculated that the economy may have more strength than thought earlier in the month.

80.   Interest-sensitive companies such as banks fell for a second session, as investors speculated they would make fewer loans as rates increased.