But investor skittishness about the real estate market is slipping away, and speculators are seeing value in distressed markets.

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The bond market's skittishness puts more pressure on the Greek government to come up with a credible plan for fiscal retrenchment.

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In an effort to quell that skittishness and stir things up, Reilly says that Fox won't be taking comedy pitches in its sterile offices anymore.

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Acknowledging the public's growing unease with the war and election-year skittishness among fellow Republicans the president nonetheless vowed to keep U.S. soldiers in the fight.

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On Tuesday, there were signs that the skittishness was spreading.

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The uncertainty of that situation or the big down move in the Swiss franc may have prompted skittishness in the gold market, or produced some margin-related selling in gold.

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The U.S. markets are not going rogue by rallying, the turmoil and skittishness that seemed to define world markets at times over the past few years seem to be fading.

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Speculation about whether the Fed will keep the window open has only exacerbated concerns about the counterparty exposure of the big brokers and can perhaps explain the skittishness over Lehman Monday.

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This was how the Irish banking system went into meltdown in 2010 and the precedents in Cyprus are likely to increase skittishness when banking problems rise to the fore again in other countries.

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