51.   Two possible bidders that have signed a confidentiality agreements are allowed to made an offer, though Pattison has the right to match any higher price.

52.   U.K. television and video production company Carlton Communications Plc and Bertelsmann AG, a German publisher, have also both been touted as possible bidders for the unit.

53.   Toronto, Detroit and the Rangers are also mentioned, with less intensity, as possible bidders.

54.   Other possible bidders could include other tobacco makers such as Philip Morris Cos., which also owns Kraft Foods.

55.   Paris and Stanford, Calif., which both lost out to Edmonton, are also viewed as possible bidders.

56.   Others dismissed Toyota as a possible bidder.

57.   Paris and Stanford, California, hich both lost out to Edmonton, are also viewed as possible bidders.

58.   Robert Daly, co-chairman of the music and film divisions of Time Warner, has said he hopes to be a possible bidder.

59.   The speculation of a sale started last month, with Ford, Fiat and Volkswagen seen as possible bidders.

60.   The Swiss drugs, chemical and nutrition giant Sandoz denied Wednesday that it had been approached as a possible bidder for the beleagured U.K. pharmaceuticals group Wellcome.