Time, meanwhile, dropped $4.875, to $175.125, just a fraction above the Paramount's offer of $175 a share.

Shares in Biomet closed yesterday at $44.07, above the buyout consortium's offer.

He cited a figure more than 10 percent above his other offer.

The $300 million is $50 million above the Jets' last offer but far less than an appraised value approaching $1 billion.

Rivera, however, is seeking close to $10 million above the Yankees' offer.

The Rivera proposal was well above the Yankees' offer of three years for $27 million.

However, its stock price, which closed at $34.25 a share on Friday, jumped $14.375, to $48.625, well above Hawley's offer of $47.

They say that meeting the union's pay demands would cost at most $2 million a year above Yale's offer.

It had surged $12 last week, to $47, above Union Pacific's offer, after the bid was announced.

Barrett's shares closed at $61.22 a share, above Shell's offer of $55.