Sentences with phrase «of public speculation»

Patrick Killoran's work focuses on turning objects of public consumption into objects of public speculation.

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«We have to recover the public sector, we have to scare the free market out of our pensions, education, health care, and culture, and let the cooperative social sector come in and combat the casino economy of capitalism and financial speculation.»

After years of speculation, Facebook — the online social network that Mark Zuckerberg founded in his Harvard dorm room in 2004 — finally filed the papers for its initial public offering earlier this month.

Between speculation of an initial public offering, the Apple Watch shipping in April, and the recent launch of its own new devices, Fitbit arguably is in for the workout of its life.

While there are some signs of thawing in the tech initial public offering (IPO) market — with speculation that Lyft may be testing the waters and data center operator Switch raising $ 531.3 million in its IPO Friday — 2017 still is shaping up to be one of the most anemic years ever for tech IPOs.

After days of speculation and evasive public statements, and the complete shutdown of its website late Monday, leaked internal documents have emerged indicating that the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange is insolvent.

«Such releases of incomplete information often lead to speculation and incorrect assumptions about the probable cause of a crash, which does a disservice to the investigative process and the traveling public.»

He reportedly qualified this expression of interest in the technology by cautioning parties that are developing blockchain solutions to thoroughly test their products, services, and platforms before releasing them to the public, and by denigrating the trend of cryptocurrency speculation.

And they are to relinquish public spending to private contractors, and not to interfere with the international flow of investment funds, not even to impede capital flight by domestic elites or speculation against their national currencies.

Still, the lack of public clarity from Mr. Morneau on his tax - credit plans has fuelled speculation on Bay Street that tax hikes on investment income could still be on the table.

I could admittedly do better, and would certainly have captured more upside from temporary speculation, had I committed myself to the principle that central banks will act strictly to defend the bondholders of the banks they represent, even if it means trespassing into fiscal policy, subordinating public interest, empowering the worst stewards of capital, violating legal restrictions, and inviting long - term instability.

But whether it was the by - product of Burton K. Wheeler's progressivist politics, Joseph P. Kennedy's Anglophobia, Charles A. Lindbergh's racial and eugenic speculations, or Robert A. Taft's business - oriented conservatism, isolationism was thought to be finished as a serious force in American public life after December 7, 1941.

I have experienced my own share of violent threats for being a woman online: one needn't exercise much speculation to understand why these women would shy away from public court cases or lawsuits or accusations.

In his first public comments on the scandals, Pope Benedict was both humble and sensible, saying they «brought sadness» to his heart, while affirming his faith they would be overcome, and rebuking the «entirely gratuitous» speculation of the media which was presenting a «completely unrealistic image of the Holy See.»

The public announcement of the previously secret KKR proposal came five weeks after it was received, and also after Treasury had publicly rejected speculation during that five - week period about other potential buyers such as Pernod Ricard and Constellation Brands being involved in possible deals.

I don't purport to tell them their business but since they created this void of mystery, they have no right to bemoan any wild speculation on the part of the public.

Venus's last - minute withdrawal from her much - anticipated match against Serena at Indian Wells in March — amid charges of gross disregard for the ticket - buying fan and speculation that their father, Richard, had ordered Serena to lose to eventual champion Venus in their semifinal match at last year's Wimbledon — sparked a public - relations firestorm that hadn't yet been doused.

«Out of respect for Manuel Pellegrini and the players, the club wishes to make its decision public to remove the unnecessary burden of speculation.

Such a shift, seen in countries such as Zambia and Congo Brazzaville, was designed to alleviate any ongoing concerns of refugee - hosting countries about implementing the Clause in order to ensure a public, political consensus for its eventual invocation, and end the politically damaging speculation surrounding conditions within Rwanda and the Government's true motivations in pushing for the Cessation Clause.

There aren't any «pre-made» plans for exact actions in such situation, at least not made known to the public - there's a lot of speculation by politicians, and in the end they'll adapt to the circumstances.

«He explicitly said notwithstanding public speculation, he has not settled on a candidate [nor] is there any member of the assembly who he has talked to to express a preference,» one source told POLITICO after the meeting.

There was speculation that Mr Davis might be demoted in the reshuffle, but in his acceptance speech yesterday the new leader insisted the former party chairman and head of the public accounts select committee would have a vital role to play.

The decision, which overturned the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, has led to speculation in New York that convicting anyone on public corruption charges would become virtually impossible in all but the most explicit cases of favor - trading.

Bloomberg's repeated public condemnations of Obama and Congress for the supercommittee's failure has reignited speculation bout his White House aspirations.

There had been speculation that the business secretary would use his powers to prevent the takeover after consultation with media watchdog Ofcom as a matter of public interest if it was thought the takeover would damage the plurality of the industry.

He has made few public appearances since his return in August, prompting speculation about whether he is strong enough to endure the rigours of an election campaign.

Spinmeisters like Lord Mandelson continue to advance transparently dishonest claims, such as his ludicrous assertion that the government could not give projections of public spending cuts — which we all know must come — because they would be based on «speculation».

«And, now that we learn that the NIA had immediately claimed ownership of the apartment and funds, one wonders in whose interest it was to ignore this and still allow for the growth of malicious public and media speculation.»

But she recently shot down speculation, telling Variety that as of right now, she does not intend to run for public office.

«Of course countries have got to make difficult decisions about their own public finances... but it's the open speculation from some members in the eurozone about the future of some countries in the eurozone which I think is doing real damage across the whole European economy.&raquOf course countries have got to make difficult decisions about their own public finances... but it's the open speculation from some members in the eurozone about the future of some countries in the eurozone which I think is doing real damage across the whole European economy.&raquof some countries in the eurozone which I think is doing real damage across the whole European economy.»

«We feel it is important to set the record straight because of the likely damage to staff morale and public confidence of persistent inaccuracies and speculation,» said NHS Employers deputy director Sian Thomas.

The mayor had no scheduled appearances in public with Clinton during his four - day stay in Iowa, setting off speculation here about the state of his relationship with the former secretary of state.

No public official deserves to be the subject of over a week of innuendo and nasty speculation.

After a prolonged public outcry, a formal petition to have him removed and a five - day hearing to decide his fate, Elia ended months of speculation when she ruled that Paladino's actions warranted his removal from the board.

«The public and indeed Nigerians are hereby requested to disregard rumours and speculations on the alleged takeover of the command and control of Operation LAFIYA DOLE and continue to support the fight against terrorism and insurgency.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed there will be layoffs associated with his budget this year, leading to speculation of more than 10,000 job losses and instant push - back from public employee unions.

The deafening silence of government on this matter does no good but rather goes to give credence to the public speculations fueled by the opposition that government has convived with the bank of Ghana to haul their money for 2016 campaign.

But denying the speculation, Nana Akua Adobea Addo in charge of public relations for BOST said in a radio interview on Asempa FM that it was not true Mr Obeng has resigned or stepped aside.

In a gaffe made worse by the speculation that Mr Miliband himself might one day stand for the Labour leadership, the environment secretary said that within six months of the chancellor taking over, the public would want Mr Blair back.

SAMUEL ATTA MILLS — THE OPPORTUNISTIC STRANGER IN KEEA On July 24, 2012, Prof Mills became the first Ghanaian leader to die in office, but with the exact cause of death withheld from the public, speculations have been rife that there may have been foul play in the former law professor's passing which occurred only six months to the 2012 polls.

Saraki said at a Forum in Abuja that the speculations were part of the mischievous activities against him and urged the public the discountenance them.

It all but ended speculation of a run by the city's public advocate, Letitia James; Ruben Diaz Jr., the borough president of the Bronx; and Scott M. Stringer, the city's comptroller.

In a letter to the chancellor, Alistair Darling, the CBI's director general, Richard Lambert, says the government needs to accelerate its efforts to get the public finances back on track to counter speculation that it is the next European country at risk of moving down the credit ratings.

The photo of the members of the Bullingdon Club - which Newsnight describes as «the elitist Oxford University dining club whose public school members have become notorious over the years for vandalising restaurants and trashing students» rooms» - had embarrassed the Tory leader and there was speculation that Labour or, more likely, surrogates for Labour would use the photo for an anti-Cameron YouTube campaign.

The party source said: «Ray Collins has yet to publish his report and you get this sort of speculation emerging in public when detailed discussions are taking place in private.»

When a research vacuum on a matter of public safety meets a 24 - hour news cycle juiced up on national anguish, a thousand speculations bloom.

For example, don't use the word «theory,» Metzler suggests, since, for much of the public, a theory is a hunch, a guess, a speculation.

Antonio Aledo, Professor of Sociology at the University of Alicante, warns that «because of real estate speculation and the management of public budgets based on income from the real estate business, seismic risk has been forgotten.»

With less than four weeks remaining before NASA's New Horizons spacecraft speeds through the Pluto system for humanity's first - ever close - up reconnaissance of the distant planet and its assortage of moons, speculation runs rampant among scientists and the general public alike about what these mysterious worlds at the outer reaches of the Solar System might look like up close.

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