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

12.   Bernstein said he is considering a bid for the URL and other assets with another group of investors, and reviving what he says was a first-rate political site.

13.   A spokesman for PowerGen Plc said the U.K. electricity generator also is considering a bid.

14.   A spokesman for Dickson Concepts in Hong Kong told Reuters news service that the company was considering a bid.

15.   Bush first considered a bid for the Rangers after receiving a phone call from Bill DeWitt Jr., another man from a powerful family.

16.   Bush stressed his interest in winning re-election as governor this fall before formally considering a bid for national office.

17.   But if Seattle could support the Olympics, would Vancouver consider a bid of its own?

18.   CBI said it was considering higher bids from other companies, which it never named.

19.   Democratic Party leaders are now hoping to convince Arnold to quit the race and perhaps consider a bid for secretary of state instead.

20.   Earlier this year, PolyGram NV of the Netherlands said it would consider a bid for MGM.