Toyota and Nissan are building new plants, and Toyota is rumoured to be considering yet another.
Children's presenter Johnny Ball and ex-cricketer Michael Vaughan are among others rumoured to be participating.
And even Mr Pinault is rumoured to be toying with the idea of selling Christie's.
Fellow German manufacturers Volkswagon is also rumoured to be interested in entering the sport.
The father of Muhammad Selim al-Awa, another Islamist would-be president, is rumoured to be Syrian.
Earlier this year, it was rumoured that the band would reform, but without Plant.
Tax breaks for research and development are rumoured to be under threat as well.
PowerGen is also rumoured to be talking with Houston Industries, an American utility, about a merger.
Long lines of cars wait in front of petrol stations rumoured to be expecting a delivery.
Several private-equity companies are rumoured to be eyeing bits of Boots, a British chemist.
Nomura is rumoured to want to issue samurai bonds for the city of Moscow.
The former mayor, currently travelling outside Russia, has been rumoured to be seeking a permanent move abroad.
He is also rumoured to have succumbed to that quintessential symbol of western pop-star vanity: a nose-job.
Ang Lee, Christopher Nolan and Nicolas Winding Refn are among other leading directors rumoured to have been approached.
One or two recruiters were rumoured to have snuck into the event to try and poach job seekers.
The 20-year-old has impressed since coming through the youth ranks, and Crystal Palace are rumoured to be keen.
The oft-rumoured Apple TV doesn't exist yet, presumably because media companies won't let Apple take over their business.
Additional characters will reportedly be released later, rumoured to be Mike Wazowski, Randall, Hector Barbossa, Davy Jones, Mrs.
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It has been rumoured that former MP Ann Widdecombe and actress Felicity Kendall will be among this year's contestants.
It added rumoured personal issues and rifts within the squad "did not exist".
With a rumoured option to increase its stake in Chrysler to 55%, the deal is potentially transformative for Fiat.
Small wonder that the company is also rumoured to have developed a web device as proof of its concept.
In Cardiff, the rumoured first shake up of Carwyn Jones' cabinet never came.
Diageo, owner of Guinness stout, is rumoured to be interested in Foster's lager.
And it is rumoured to have made multi-million-dollar counter-offers to keep especially valuable personnel from jumping to Facebook or elsewhere.
The lure beyond Cape Bojador was the rumoured Rio de Oro, the River of Gold, and it was never found.
So lovers of Apple shiny gadgetry might find their desires satisfied by the two rumoured new iPads coming in April.
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But he would be an inspired choice, and far better than the candidates currently rumoured to be in the running.
Miss Leavitt comes across as a sort of wraith humourless and often ill, and rumoured to haunt the observatory after her death.
Also rumoured to be considering a run, probably as a Republican, is Michael Bloomberg, the head of the eponymous media company.
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