Dr Parker and his colleagues were following up a hunch they had had a few years ago.

ECONOMIST: Trojan DNA

On a typical graveyard shift, 60 technicians, wearing white lab coats to prevent static electricity from gumming up computer components, hunch over kaput keyboards and screens, fixing them with screwdrivers and color analyzers.

FORBES: Logistics in Brown

If your hunch is that the market will go up a little, but not a lot, there are ways to make the bet.

FORBES: Another Option

This indicates to us that many traders have a bankable hunch that Beazer calls are worth scooping up at the reduced premium offered by the current degree of scandal, and that volatility plays and bull interest are still alive and well in the early '08 series.

FORBES: Magazine Article

But Mr Blix's hunch before the war, that he was up to no good, wasn't far wrong.

ECONOMIST: Iraq and weapons of mass destruction

These estimates feel a bit like a wet finger held up in a gale swirling in different directions - more hunch than exact science.

BBC: As the US loses AAA, where is a safe harbour?

Call it a hunch, but we suspect that at least a few of you picked up an iPhone 5 today, or at least made the leap to iOS 6.

ENGADGET: iPhone 5 / iOS 6 app update roundup: new versions for a taller world

" Netflix is releasing all 13 episodes of the first season simultaneously on the hunch that the added convenience will foster more subscriber loyalty instead of encouraging people to sign up for the service for just a month or two to watch exclusive series such as "House of Cards.

NPR: Netflix's 4Q Restores Company's Investment Luster