Sentences with phrase «several years of speculation»

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As fans mourned the loss of the 91 - year - old cultural icon while others were critical of his exploits, speculation began almost immediately over who would inherit the magnate's remaining fortune, with several publications estimating Hefner's net worth at upwards of $ 45 million.

With speculation mounting that Twitter (twtr) will soon have a new corporate owner, the 10 - year - old social networking service — which has long struggled to define its core purpose — may end up heading in one of several distinctly different directions depending on who ends up paying for it.

Wearables are the tech world's current darlings, with feverish speculation around the timing of Apple's iWatch drop and several new devices being debuted earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Because coaches are especially loath to give out concrete information this time of year, spring ball is for speculation, and no position is the subject of more speculation than quarterback, where several high - profile jobs are up for grabs this offseason.

The fate of UC, which is several years behind its original schedule after delays caused by management failings and IT design problems, has been the subject of speculation since its champion, the former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, resigned in March after years of clashes with the Treasury.

This, of course, has led to speculation that Winding Refn could finally be going ahead with The Avenging Silence, a film he's been quietly developing for several years and described a Tokyo - set thriller with a stoic but violent protagonist.

There will, of course, be much to study about Klein and his legacy over the next several weeks (years)-- just as there will be much speculation about what Klein's successor, Cathleen Black, chairwoman of Hearst Magazines and another non-educator, will do with the reins of Gotham's $ 23 billion school system.

That battle has turned into a bleeding hole of debt for B&N where the Nook is concerned and for the last several years there has been open speculation about whether or not the bookseller would continue in the e-reader market.

Oil has been a source of speculation and investment for several years, with the bulk being done by traders.

The Finance Department has tightened mortgage rules on several occasions in recent years — along with requiring stricter enforcement and management of loans — in an effort to weed out marginal buyers and excessive speculation in the housing market.

Several years ago there was speculation and supposed statistical evidence that canine distemper virus was in some way associated with multiple sclerosis of man.

Finally, after several months of speculation after the launch of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Activision confirmed that a Spyro the Dragon remake will be coming this year.

[* In my initial query to Brown, Smil and others, I noted how Paul Krugman had migrated in the last several years toward the conclusion he made in December that rising commodity prices were driven increasingly not by speculation or other such factors but by fundamental constraints on resources in the face of fast - rising demand).

He's just doing a similar game of speculation and raising hypothetical meant to distract the people who aren't going to keep up with the next several years of research on the matter.

In the wake of the leak of several apparently official documents from the Heartland Institute (along with one highly disputed two - page memo), much speculation has focused on the identity of an anonymous donor who has reportedly donated more than $ 13 million to Heartland in the last six years.

Since the initial announcement of the development of the Copenhagen Wheel several years ago, there's been a ton of speculation about whether or not the wheel would ever get to market, as well as criticisms about its design (and appearance), its price, and its weight - to - benefits ratio (is it worth the 17 extra pounds?)

There has been speculation since the first alternative business structure licences were granted several years back that a number of firms, including the likes of Irwin Mitchell, would look to raise capital by a listing.

For example, in one recent media report, a commentator stated matter of factly that «there isn't very much of it» («it» being price fixing among firms in Canada), that «at any one time, at any one year, there are 10, 12, 15 cases going on» and that «for every case that gets detected, there are probably several cases that aren't» [http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/price-fixing-explainer-1.4489213] Given that price fixing and other conspiracies among competitors are by their nature conducted in secret and there are no statistics or sources of information on active cartels, such speculation on the level that Canadian markets may or may not be cartelized is simply impossible to state with any certainty.