31.   The chairman favored a softer approach, under which the bidders would be forgiven some of their debts and allowed to bid in a reauction of the licenses.

32.   The company could use its credit to bid in a reauction of those same licenses.

33.   The companies also formed a joint venture to bid in the federal auction of additional radio frequencies set for this fall.

34.   The Dutch firm ING, bidding in strong guilders, won.

35.   The EBay browser allows auction nuts to track bidding in progress.

36.   The FCC had earlier encouraged small businesses by permitting them to bid in license auctions and make payments in installments.

37.   The firm would still be able to bid in competitively sold offerings.

38.   The good and the mediocre were bid up in unison and usually dumped like hot potatoes the same way months later.

39.   The offer was made at the Geneva-based World Trade Organization as the U.S. opened bidding in negotiations on reducing barriers in the global telecommunications market.

40.   The whole thing ends when there is no more bidding in any of the regions.