1.   Among the most likely bidders would be other major health plans, including large, out-of-state insurance companies interested in expanding into the managed care business in California.

2.   Analysts said a likely bidder would be Raycom Media Inc., a TV company backed by Retirement Systems of Alabama stations.

3.   Analysts say that the likely bidders for VSNL include several Indian industrial conglomerates and perhaps one or more American phone companies.

4.   And it came as the two most likely bidders for Andersen withdrew from negotiations with the firm, citing concerns about the liabilities it faced from the Enron debacle.

5.   As a result there are no other likely bidders.

6.   Companies seen as likely bidders denied they were interested.

7.   FHP and Foundation are considered likely bidders for WellPoint, analysts said.

8.   First Union Corp. and Barnett Banks Inc., two of the largest Southeastern commercial banks with goals to expand in the securities business, are among the likely bidders.

9.   GEC-Marconi, a unit of General Electric Co. Plc, is the most likely foreign bidder for Thomson-CSF.

10.   Had Fox been unable to come to terms, the Walt Disney Co. and DreamWorks SKG were believed to be likely bidders.