But those efforts were defeated, he said, when existing contractholders boycotted the bidding competition and only one successful bidder was found qualified to fulfill the contract.

A bidding competition between Mike Gidwitz, Mark Friedland and an unknown phone bidder ensued.

Directors extended until next Tuesday the bidding competition to acquire the company.

Often, he said, a buyer is able to win a private bidding competition only if it can show that its bid is fully financed.

That took away a lot of potential bidding competition for Pennzoil and has left a degree of softness in the market.

With the concentration, you could have less bidding competition among publishers for authors.

But Pemex held the bidding competition in Houston and insisted that all the bids be submitted in dollars.

This would force them to stop their self-destructive bidding competitions that have enriched so many excellent players as well as many not so excellent.

Wall Street's reaction appeared to reflect an investor assumption that no bidding competition for Spectra-Physics would occur.

Mr. Bernhaut said the bidding competition has forced up prices for Class A properties in the state to $150 to $175 a square foot.