11.   No counter offer would come until at least Friday, this person said.

12.   Some of the security experts and company executives took a hard line and argued for a low counter offer.

13.   Telekom sources say the former monopoly is trying to convince them to stay on as customers with counter offers.

14.   That night Beane made Fuson a counter offer, and Fuson turned it down.

15.   The counter offer comes one week after Promodes made its bid for both Rallye and Casino in an effort to become the biggest supermarket operator in France.

16.   It has made no counter offer in the negotiations.

17.   Still, Credit Lyonnais analyst Martin Brooker said he expects Eni to make a counter offer.

18.   The carrier said it would not reopen talks unless the pilots make a better counter offer.

19.   The daily Liberation reported that French electronics company Sagem was interested in making a counter offer for Thomson Multimedia.

20.   In November the New York Times published speculations by analysts that TotalFinaElf would make a counter offer for Conoco.