31.   Mineta recently unveiled a long-term restructuring plan for Amtrak that involves splitting it up and having states or companies bid on taking over some of its operations.

32.   No Russian companies are bidding for the contract.

33.   Nouvelles Frontieres SA Chairman Jacques Maillot said his company is bidding for bankrupt Air Liberte and expects it to turn a profit in two years.

34.   One indication of the tremendous interest in the market was the billions of dollars companies bid last year to operate regional cellular phone concessions in Brazil.

35.   One reason no company bid Monday may be the companies are unwilling to reveal their strategies early on.

36.   Other companies may bid for Santa Monica, California-based Harvey, which could cause negotiations with MCA to stall, the executive said.

37.   Private companies will bid for the license to operate concessions that will allow them to offer paging and wireless television services.

38.   Rha Byung Mok, a Korea First spokesman, said no companies bid at the auction which closed yesterday.

39.   Seeking to increase competition in wireless markets, the commission ruled that companies could not bid on PCS licenses covering areas where they already held cellular licenses.

40.   Sharp said he did not know of any contracts that the company was currently bidding for.