21.   Ifil said it will press ahead with its joint bid for Worms with AGF.

22.   In the battle to acquire Daewoo, the two companies are going up against Ford and a joint bid by General Motors and Fiat.

23.   Lagardere is bidding for Thomson-CSF against a joint bid from Alcatel Alsthom SA and Dassault Aviation.

24.   Last week Labatt said it was discussing a joint bid with a number of potential partners, including Liberty Media.

25.   Liberty and Labatt are now discussing a joint bid for the Garden.

26.   MCA sought to make a joint bid with ITT for CBS several years ago, as has been reported earlier, but the transaction was nixed by Matsushita.

27.   Mehring said a joint bid was quite possible, and could involve a company that has not yet expressed an interest.

28.   NBC even discussed making a joint bid for the Sydney rights with ABC before Disney acquired the network, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.

29.   NRG Energy has said it wants to team up with a German partner on a joint bid.

30.   On Friday, Die Erste said significant issues remained to be resolved between the bank and its investors before it could present a joint bid.