11.   Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. of Australia sweetened its offer to San Miguel Corp. to help close their agreement to create the largest Coke bottler outside the U.S.

12.   Dominion had said that it would not sweeten its offer to Consolidated.

13.   Ford City Mall sweetened the offer with promises of free refreshments and meditation classes.

14.   If Loewen cooperates and opens its books to Houston executives looking for additional financial information on Loewen, Service Corp. may sweeten its offer.

15.   If Ellison were to sweeten his offer, however, Apple might be hard-pressed to defend itself.

16.   If Hasbro had made any friendly signs, Mattel might have sweetened its offer, he added.

17.   Immediately, Villar Mir tried to play his trump card first bidder to sweeten his offer.

18.   In response, executives at the Frankfurt stock exchange said Monday they would consider sweetening their offer if they see the need.

19.   Investors are expecting Pfizer to sweeten its offer, either in more stock or some kind of price protection to offset any decline in their share price.

20.   It also could sweeten the offer before Conrail calls for another vote.