1.   A crucial factor upon which it will depend is the speed at which management-employee buy-out teams can mount bids.

2.   He resigned when Representative Bob Livingston of Louisiana mounted a bid to unseat him.

3.   Kohlhaussen said Commerzbank had no concrete indication Deutsche Bank was mounting a bid.

4.   Late Monday, Comcast was still considering whether to mount another bid.

5.   MAI said Carlton would run into regulatory problems had it decided to mount a bid for MAI.

6.   MAI said Carlton would run into a regulatory brick wall if it were to mount a bid for MAI.

7.   Snyder could mount another bid to purchase a stake in Western Publishing, analysts said.

8.   The swap could clear the way for Turner and Seagram to mount a bid for CBS, analysts said.

9.   The swap could pave the way for Turner and Seagram to mount a bid for CBS.

10.   Turner has yet to marshal enough support within his company to mount a bid.