No formal offers have been received, so any figures being bandied about are pure speculation at this stage.
"I have two years of my contract still to run, so it's pure speculation, " the 47-year-old told BBC Sport.
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This is also a sign that current market strength is based upon pure speculation based upon a foolish monetary policy.
However, they dismissed as "pure speculation" reports that either Spacey or Omagh-born actor Gerard McSorley are to play the leading role.
"We would love it if it were true but it's pure speculation from various members of the media, " Brawn told the Daily Telegraph.
Liverpool City Council will not reveal the name of the company and a spokesman said reports suggesting it was online retailer Amazon was "pure speculation".
If social media, and in this case, LinkedIn, manages to make true on its promises and delivers solid top and bottom-line growth, then talk of a bubble is no more than pure speculation.
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And, though pure speculation, it seems likely that these institutions, after seeing their portfolios pummeled by the recent market turmoil--and noting Lexmark's high price, international exposure and likely tough Christmas season--simply took their profits.
You know, with the changing world we live in and all, you know, it's pure speculation as to the nature of the confrontation, the challenges, both from a security standpoint and from an economic standpoint.
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Again, all this is pure speculation.
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Now, anything else at this point is pure speculation, since we only know about Samsung's HSA membership from the appearance of its logo on a relevant slide at AMD's keynote speech at IFA, and there's no official word on Samsung's intentions.
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Granted, Bill's got to have something to talk about on stage at CES next week, but we're not putting much stock in the pure speculation of a fresh Seattle Times piece, which, without sources, simply holds that "Microsoft could also make a splash by announcing plans to give the Xbox 360 an internal HD-DVD drive".
What may have been lost with Saverin was his somewhat tenuous connection with the US. Born in Brazil and residing in Singapore, it is likely that his decision to expatriate probably hinged heavily on taxes, not withstanding his non-economic reasons. (Having never met or spoken with Saverin, this is pure speculation on my part).
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The fact is, most of what you read or hear is pure conjecture, speculation, fantasy or opinion.
But, and I agree this is pure and total speculation, what if that was the aim all along?
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But my best guess is that someone on that risk free arbitrage desk moved from risk free pure arbitrage into very definitely not risk free time arbitrage, or speculation as we should call it, then the market moved against his bet.
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