But doubts have continued to circulate about the property tycoon's financial backing, as Pompey toil on the pitch.

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As Uday and Qusay grew out of adolescence and into their 20s, stories began to circulate about their wild behaviour.

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And rumors continue to circulate about Goldman Sachs, which so far is the least scathed of all the Wall Street firms.

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Meanwhile, stories began to circulate about the company's investments in Greece, although the Cypriot arm of the bank says it was kept in the dark.

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While we waited, the stories began to circulate about more and more people, just private citizens, being allowed to travel abroad to visit their relatives and friends.

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Meanwhile, rumors continue to circulate about a radically new iPad from Apple -- the world's leading consumer electronics company that has never and will never attend CES and whose ghost hung heavily over Las Vegas this week.

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Reports that Ms Stewart was about to face criminal charges began to circulate earlier this week, wiping about 20% off the market value of her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.

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Besides being fun to trade and talk about, these currencies are meant to circulate near their home base, not to be ferried off to corporate headquarters in Arkansas or Seattle.

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