1.   When considering bids, preference will be given to bids involving significant employee participation.

2.   Following the strong showing of the UNP, Chung Ju Yung also hinted strongly that he was considering a bid for the presidency.

3.   Kasparov and Short have set up a breakaway Professional Chess Association, and are considering bids for a title match, which would almost certainly be staged in London.

4.   And with Deutsche Telekom of Germany considering a bid for Sprint, trans-Atlantic deal-making seems unlikely to stop anytime soon.

5.   Another Republican considering a bid is state Rep. Chuck McMain, who also is from Baton Rouge.

6.   At least one other group, headed by investment banker Chip Gesner, formerly of Connecticut, is considering a bid.

7.   At the time of the deal, sources say, the bank was considering bids for financing from two potential buyers.

8.   Banco Bradesco SA, the largest non-state bank in Brazil, also is considering a bid, officials said.

9.   Augustine said that in the meantime he had considered a bid for Northrop, but decided against it.

10.   Big B said its board adopted a so-called poison pill anti-takeover provision to give it time to consider other bids.