Thesaurus entry: speculative

Article: Speculative Construction Counts on Continued Growth in ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 31, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... companies will come. They're called speculative, or "spec," buildings, and most ... the structure, the park's first speculative building, will be built by Charlotte ... this spring or summer. Here's how speculative building works: A developer or a city ...

Article: The return of pure/speculative risk? (On Risk Management) ...
National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  March 23, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... distinction between pure and speculative risk - who have written to protest ... column "Retire |Pure', |Speculative' Risk - With Honors." We thank ... in principle between pure and speculative risk is no longer relevant ...

Article: Invited comment on Warren Samuels's "Speculative ...
The American Journal of Economics and Sociology;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...In his "Speculative Memorandum," Warren Samuels addresses the ... single tax been implemented. Samuels's "Speculative Memorandum" stimulates at least these comments: (1) The "Speculative Memorandum" correctly points out that public ...

Article: Speculative fiction is now big business.
PR Newswire;  September 16, 1988 ;     700+ words ...SPECULATIVE FICTION IS NOW BIG BUSINESS LOS ANGELES ... American book publishing industry, speculative fiction has come of age. Science fiction ... fiction -- encompassed by the term speculative fiction -- have grown to form a significant ...

Article: 'I would have swallowed the kiss'; Reflections on Feminist ...
Femspec;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Speculative poetry, or science fiction poetry ... each month. Since the continuance of speculative poetry is at least grudgingly established ... concerns are relevant for women writers of speculative poetry. More established writers like ...

Article: Property cycles, speculative bubbles and the gross income ...
The Journal of Real Estate Research;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... property cycle can be explained by a speculative bubble. The findings indicate that ... estate may have been partly driven by a speculative bubble during the 1980's. The conclusion ... this context is the possible role of speculative bubbles in booming real estate prices ...

Article: Home builders seek to curb speculative buying
Journal of Business;  September 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... builders have been taking steps to curb speculative home buying by investors in the nation ... recognized the dangers of excessive speculative activity and took steps to discourage ... result of these proactive efforts, speculative activity in the national market for ...