Sentences with phrase «years of speculation in»

The merger, scheduled to take effect in February 2013, comes after years of speculation in the Canadian legal world about potential mergers with large U.S. or British firms.

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ABUJA, April 9 - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari confirmed on Monday he will seek another term in elections next year, ending months of speculation about his future after bouts of ill health.

Its value hit a year - long high of $ 24.86 in October, after speculation that Salesforce's Mark Benioff was a potential buyer.

Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder will step down this year after more than 12 years in charge of the company, with this morning's announcement confirming months of speculation that he will be replaced by his deputy, Rob Scott.

South Korea's central bank chief on Wednesday warned of «irrational exuberance» in trading of virtual coins, which have risen dramatically in value this year amid frenzied 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.

Tesla on Tuesday sought to quash any speculation it might need to raise more capital this year and also announced it built 2,020 of its Model 3 sedans in the last seven days.

The formula of the speech was largely in keeping with the one favoured by many of his predecessors, despite speculation Macron would seek to shake up France's New Year presidential rite of passage too.

April 3 - Tesla Inc sought to squash any speculation it might need to raise more capital this year on Tuesday, driving the company's battered shares higher as it announced it built 2,020 of its cheaper Model 3 sedans in the last seven days of March.

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.

After more than a year of speculation, Research in Mo — uh, BlackBerry threw open the gates on its long - awaited reinvention and launched its BB10 operating system for the world to see.

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.

In 2006 and 2007, which I think most of us would agree was not a down period in terms of speculation, corporations issued $ 700 billion in debt over that two - year perioIn 2006 and 2007, which I think most of us would agree was not a down period in terms of speculation, corporations issued $ 700 billion in debt over that two - year perioin terms of speculation, corporations issued $ 700 billion in debt over that two - year perioin debt over that two - year period.

This would seem to confirm speculation about repeated undetected thefts from Mt. Gox's bitcoin holdings, perhaps over the course of years, enabled by its software's flawed handling of transaction malleability in bitcoin.

In a year full of deal rumors swirling around France's Orange, the telecom giant is steadfastly denying the latest speculation that it has reached a «secret deal» with French media conglomerate Vivendi.

«I know it's so tempting to go ahead and make investments and it looks good for today,» he also commented, «but when this thing ends, because we've had speculation, we've had money building up four to six years in terms of a risk pattern, I think it could end very badly.»

And there is speculation that it will allow foreigners to trade in its local stock markets within a couple of years.

Last year's explosive rise in the value of digital coins and the flood of new retail investors drawn to the market have rattled global regulators nervous about a sector used largely for speculation.

Cohen, a 51 - year - old father of two, faces potential criminal charges and enormous legal fees because of his involvement with the president; there is widespread speculation that he «could end up cooperating with federal officials who are investigating him for activity that could relate, at least in part, to work he did for Mr. Trump,» the Times reported.

As it had announced at the end of 2016, the ECB cut the size of its monthly bond purchases from $ 80 billion to $ 60 billion in April, but President Draghi also moved to quell speculation about an increase in the ECB's deposit rate later this year, which some critics had called for, even before any curtailment of the ECB's quantitative easing program.

The primary effect of the Federal Reserve's policy of quantitative easing in recent years was to disrupt that sequence by intentionally encouraging continued yield - seeking speculation despite persistent overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions.

In the past week alone, there has been quite a bit of speculation surrounding the actions of Chinese investors ahead of Lunar New Year, the expiration of bitcoin futures this week and resulting market manipulation, Ripple insiders selling / cashing out, Telegrams buyers moving to fiat, the and how large investors are treating tax implications for 2018.

«We don't think about acquisitions simply for the purpose of balancing the portfolio... I could be sitting here this time next year and we won't have done anything,» he said, dismissing recent speculation Wesfarmers was interested in Fletcher Building.

But a year after its launch last April, industry observers remain unconvinced that Ontario's 15 per cent non-resident speculation tax had the right target in its crosshairs and, home buyers and sellers — caught mid-transaction by the ensuing plunge in home values — say the government hasn't even acknowledged the casualties caused by its manipulation of the market.

But in the face of monetary policy that has intentionally encouraged yield - seeking speculation in recent years, what's needed in the chart above?

Currency markets are some of the most active markets for speculation and arbitrage — they're open every day in the business week for 24 hours per day all year long, and they regularly see global trade volumes of more than $ 5 trillion on a daily basis.1

Nevertheless, the apparent success of the ECB's policy in overcoming the threat of deflation increased speculation about a potential tightening of monetary policy, possibly even before the cessation of the central bank's bond purchases — scheduled to continue for at least the rest of the year — and in the wake of the ECB meeting pushed market estimates of the odds of a rise in official interest rates before the end of 2017 to more than 50 %.

Speculation mounted late last year that the online retail giant might be ready to target pharmacies and the selling of drugs next after buying grocer Whole Foods earlier in 2017.

The elevated values of home prices in recent years resulted from a combination of speculation on perpetually rising real estate values, coupled with reckless lending.

Finally, this conclusion about causality fails to answer the question of why antitrust suits are typically brought after the stock market has climbed for years or even decades to a state of overvaluation in a climate of rampant speculation rather than at any other time.

The strength in the materials and energy sectors reflects a perceived improvement in prospects for export markets in the year ahead and speculation regarding mergers and acquisitions, while the rise in the telecommunications sector is due to a re-rating of Telstra.

In early March, it reached the upper end of this range, much the same level as the peak a year earlier, against a background of, inter alia, strong domestic profit results, speculation of foreign takeovers, and rising commodity prices (especially base metals).

In the first quarter of this year, concerns about consumer data privacy and potentially tighter regulatory controls exacerbated existing investor nervousness tied to speculation the US Federal Reserve would quicken the pace of interest - rate hikes in response to higher wage growtIn the first quarter of this year, concerns about consumer data privacy and potentially tighter regulatory controls exacerbated existing investor nervousness tied to speculation the US Federal Reserve would quicken the pace of interest - rate hikes in response to higher wage growtin response to higher wage growth.

There's been much speculation about whether white evangelicals, who have accounted for more than a third of Republican votes in recent elections, will turn out in force for Mitt Romney, a Mormon who for years supported abortion and gay rights.

I was reading this article https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/19539/ready-rebuild-temple/#CpEi17FfOAVbi2Yl.97 The abomimation of desolation would need to occur once the jews started there sacrifical offerings it has happened in the past and i believe it will happen in the future because the anti christ will rise up and will set himself as a god in the temple and will want people to worship him.He will desecrate the temple by slaughtering a pig on the altar.That finishs the 31/2 years of peace and ushers in the tribulation period.It could all be speculation but at least if it happens we are forewarned brentnz

In recent years, in a process of «improvisational millennialism,» this venerable strand of world - conspiratory speculation has been combined with theories of visitations by space alienIn recent years, in a process of «improvisational millennialism,» this venerable strand of world - conspiratory speculation has been combined with theories of visitations by space alienin a process of «improvisational millennialism,» this venerable strand of world - conspiratory speculation has been combined with theories of visitations by space aliens.

We can not but recognize here traits of the «apocalyptic» hopes and speculations which, with a long ancestry behind them, revived in strength during the feverish years that preceded the fall of Jerusalem.

Fr James Tolhurst Chislehurst, Kent The Trinity: An Introduction to the Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God By Giles Emery OP, trans Matthew Levering, The Catholic University of America Press, 2011, 219pp, $ 24.9 J Anyone educated in theology in the last 30 years might be forgiven for thinking that Trinitarian speculation began with Karl Rahner.

Described as «a framework for speculation on the next thirty - three years,» this work is a good example of what Helmer and Bell have described as the new look in futurology.

Her account of the first twenty - five years of Sean's life is rich in detail and admirably free from speculation.

Nevertheless I believe that, basing the argument upon our general knowledge of the world's history over a period of 300 million years, we can advance the following two propositions without losing ourselves in a fog of speculation:

Since the Anglican Church voted «yes» to women bishops in July, speculation has mounted that the first female bishop will be appointed before the end of the year.

It was the ruler in Sri Lankan kitchens for many a long year, be it a temperadu or deep - fry, until shoved on to the back - burner in recent times due to various theories and speculation that some of its «more refined» cousins were healthier.

With just four goals in all competitions, he has certainly lost his way this year given his prolific record over a consistent period of time, and coupled with speculation that United will target Antoine Griezmann this summer, as noted in the report, it looks as though the ship has sailed on the possibility of Muller moving to Manchester.

Meanwhile the 1,200 good folks of Bryson City — UNCROWDED, UNHURRIED, UNSPOILED, UNCOMMON, its welcome sign reads — were unabashedly consumed with speculation, whiling away hours in heated debate, just as they had three years ago when Shuler was choosing among Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama.

A lot of the speculation revolves around Ronaldo's perceived unhappiness in the Spanish capital, though whether he would be willing to wait three more years before moving is unknown.

The 26 - year - old continues to be the subject of plenty transfer speculation as his future remains uncertain, but it appears as though Barcelona aren't willing to discuss the matter or give anything away with the media in the lead up to next summer.

The 36 - year - old midfielder currently has a deal at the Etihad Stadium until January, but a recent run of form — four goals in his last five games, including a crucial strike against his old club Chelsea — has sparked speculation that the Premier League champions could try to keep him for longer.

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.

There was a lot of speculation about whether the Swedish striker would thrive in the English Premier League this season, with his age and supposed lack of mobility as well as the need to adapt to a different style of football all brought up as possible obstacles, but I think most Arsenal fans will have to agree that the 35 - year old has answered his critics emphatically.