By staging mock trials or convening focus groups they can make a good guess about how trials will come out, which may encourage settlement.

ECONOMIST: American juries

In any case, savvy readers and viewers can often make a shrewd guess about who is involved or what they are supposed to have done by assembling clues from different media in "jigsaw" fashion.

BBC: Net makes royal rumour spread inevitable

The President I guess is going to make a statement about the DISCLOSE Act today.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

It does not help that financial products are now so complex that it is very hard to make even an educated guess about the real value of a bank.

ECONOMIST: Financial services