101.   Hostile bids have been rare in banking, as they are frowned upon by regulators as too disruptive.

102.   Hostile takeover bids are rare in banking, and First Interstate gave a chilly response to the Wells bid.

103.   Hutchison Whampoa sent a formal letter asking for its bids to be withdrawn, while AirTouch simply failed to renew its proposals by the end of the day.

104.   Hostile bids are good news for shareholders of target companies, even though managers seek to repel them.

105.   House members are squinting over census data figuring out if redistricting will weaken their re-election chances and whether a Senate bid would be a better option.

106.   If a bid is much lower than published fares, it will be rejected.

107.   If its bid to acquire Great Western is successful, Washington Mutual will have quadrupled in size in about a year.

108.   If no deal was worked out over the weekend, the purse bid would be this week.

109.   If Michael is hurt, of course, all bets and ebay bids are off.

110.   If the bid is defeated, the mark goes to the opponents.