1.   The International Chess Federation is expected to announce the winning bid today in Lucerne, Switzerland.

2.   Although the British government is willing to provide some funding, the winning bid likely will ask for as small a subsidy as possible.

3.   As with a live auction, you are obligated to accept the winning bid.

4.   Both projects are expected to attract other bidders, with the winning bids likely to be selected by the end of the year, Brown said.

5.   A contractor agrees to withdraw his winning bid.

6.   A winning bid may be chosen early next week by Goldman, Sachs and the Hess estate, a few weeks later than had been anticipated.

7.   A winning bid by Endesa, formally known as Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA, would let it honor a pledge to shareholders to enter telecommunications.

8.   A winning bid could be approved as early as Friday by the bankruptcy court.

9.   A winning bid is expected to be picked sometime in April.

10.   A winning bid could provide Citizens with bulk.