11.   Chicago-based General Growth Properties Inc. is considering submitting a competing bid, according to company executives.

12.   Competing bids were made by two other investor groups.

13.   Directors of ITT Corp. did not announce a decision Wednesday on whether they would recommend one of two competing bids for control of the company.

14.   Executives close to the Royal Bank of Scotland said it was still mulling a competing bid.

15.   First among the media companies that could now appear with a competing bid is Turner Broadcasting Co.

16.   First Private Power, a unit of First Philippine Holdings Corp., submitted the only competing bid.

17.   General Growth Properties Inc. is considering submitting a competing bid, according to executives for the Chicago-based company.

18.   German insurer Allianz AG mounted a competing bid for Assurances Generales de France SA, suggesting that Generali must raise its own offer to buy the French insurer.

19.   He could search for a competing bid from another institution, although analysts say the price and fit are unlikely to equal a Wells Fargo matchup.

20.   He said there are three other bidders whose proposals are being evaluated now, though the competing bids were not disclosed.