71.   Separately, CSX Chairman John Snow said CSX is unwilling to raise its bid for Conrail.

72.   Separately, Washington Mutual, which is in the process of explaining its offer to investors, gave no indication that it intended to raise its bid.

73.   SINGAPORE stocks rose as investors raised their bids for Sembawang Corp. and Keppel Corp., two conglomerates with big investments in ship-repair yards.

74.   Since the bid was launched, many analysts and stock market watchers anticipated that Rhone-Poulenc Rorer would raise its bid.

75.   Since Ahmanson has more operations in California that overlap with Great Western than Washington Mutual does, Gray said Ahmanson could well raise its bid.

76.   Some attorneys expected Hilton to raise its bid to make a stronger case before the judge that its offer was superior.

77.   Some merger specialists expect that to regain momentum, First Bank will have to raise its bid significantly.

78.   Some investors said they were disappointed that Carnival had not raised its bid Wednesday.

79.   Some investors said Wednesday that they expect AES to raise its bid for CANTV, although perhaps only by a dollar or two.

80.   Still, by opening talks with Tyson, IBP is also putting pressure on Smithfield to consider raising its bid.