81.   Bouygues announced in October that it and Stet would bid together for the SNCF venture.

82.   Bowlen is uneasy with the relative openness of the process, in which the networks will bid for what they want and incumbents will retain matching rights.

83.   BP had also bid for some portions of the business.

84.   Brazilian and foreign companies have formed about a dozen groups to bid for the licenses.

85.   Brazilian steelmaker Cia. Siderurgica Nacional is leading another group that will bid for CVRD.

86.   -- Bombardier Inc., which may bid for ailing Dutch aircraft company Fokker NV as early as this weekend, the Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad reported.

87.   A federal panel on Thursday postponed for one year a plan to require Kansas City and Phoenix health maintenance organizations to bid for Medicare business.

88.   A New England bid for the Olympic games?

89.   A stalking horse provides basic terms and a floor price for any other going-out-of-business specialists wanting to bid for the business.