1.   At first, Walker proposed allowing customers whose initial offers were too low to raise their bid twice to find a price the airlines would accept.

2.   But Lozano did admit that the Mets actually upped their initial offer from their first proposal last Wednesday.

3.   But the official Lebanese news agency reported that Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was in Saudi Arabia, was skeptical about the initial offer.

4.   Clemens said he expected to leave Boston after an initial offer of just two years from Duquette.

5.   Comcast executives on Friday told several Wall Street executives privately that it was unlikely the company would sweeten its initial offer.

6.   Comcast executives Friday privately told several Wall Street executives that it was unlikely the company would sweeten its initial offer.

7.   Dropping the initial offer could help Kerkorian buy time, investors and analysts said.

8.   Dole cautioned against overestimating the initial offers on Friday.

9.   For initial public offers, see NI IPO.

10.   Franchione and Hyman had numerous discussions before an initial offer was made eight days ago.