21.   Granted, some industry executives were concerned that companies bid too high in their rush to qualify for the fields.

22.   He declined to speculate whether other companies would bid for Ivax.

23.   He said he did not know of any contracts that the company was currently bidding for.

24.   It also calls for taking maintenance services away from the government and allowing private companies to bid for them.

25.   It seemed unlikely that investment companies would bid for either EMI, which has been up for sale for some time, or Polygram.

26.   It was unclear Wednesday what other companies might bid for Polygram.

27.   John Maraganore, senior vice president of strategic product development, said several big pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies were bidding to license the drug.

28.   Last year, before teaming up with MCI, the company bid aggressively for a license to offer local phone service in Singapore.

29.   Last year, the company bid to buy all of CompuServe, including its big data network.

30.   Melissa Menta, a spokeswoman for Pets.com, declined to speculate on whether her company would bid for the Virtual Pet Cemetery.