1.   Three firms bid for the contract on the new buildings.

2.   In fact, a few weeks before the firm bid for Donaldson, it tried to hire Moelis on his own, according to friends of Moelis.

3.   No other firms bid for Warburg Pincus Asset Management.

4.   Others make law firms bid against each other to represent a class of plaintiffs.

5.   The firm has told regulators it could not get other securities firms to bid on these derivatives.

6.   The possibility that buyout firms would bid for Polygram had some record industry experts scratching their heads Tuesday.

7.   These new procurement rules apply both ways, meaning that EU firms can bid on public projects or on contracts for government services and supplies here in America.

8.   Western firms could still bid for contracts in Iraq, but without worrying about a tumbling oil price.

9.   Without reliable time limits, Americans companies are at a competitive disadvantage with foreign firms bidding on international payloads, Allard said.

10.   Another task the architect has assigned to himself is to create more opportunities for local firms to bid for major public projects.