1.   A Court Scheme is not particularly advisable if the announcement of the proposal is likely to attract the attention of rival bidders.

2.   Also EDS will face rival bidders for billions of dollars of GM contracts.

3.   As in all such deals, there is a still a chance that a rival bidder could emerge and steal Lotus away from IBM.

4.   Besides buying a growing business, analysts say, Service Corp. could also remove a rival bidder for further acquisitions.

5.   A London Insurance spokesman said the company has expected a competing offer and was surprised it had taken so long for a rival bidder to emerge.

6.   A rival bidder suggested that the Conference Board might substitute results from its own survey of consumer confidence for those now provided by the University of Michigan.

7.   A rival British bidder, the Ladbroke Group PLC, which owns Hilton International, pulled out of the bidding.

8.   A rival bidder, the German company Benckiser, said it would not raise its competing offer.

9.   A vote to adjourn would be a victory for the rival bidder, Carnival.

10.   But the rival bidder, Joh A. Benckiser, indicated it might counter with a higher offer.