21.   Both suitors raised their bids over the following months.

22.   A declining slaughter indicates supplies of market-ready hogs are not as plentiful, forcing meatpackers to raise their bids for the available animals.

23.   Ahmanson countered by raising its bid.

24.   Ahmanson had been widely expected to raise its bid.

25.   Ahmanson raised its bid slightly, and the two suitors have been hissing and spitting at each other ever since.

26.   But any investor hoping that SunTrust will raise its bid may be disappointed.

27.   But Laidlaw afterward raised its bid.

28.   But Woolley found that the technique not only seemed to delight his well-heeled victims, it worked, raising their bids dramatically.

29.   Carlson raised doubts about the painting, and Hudnall did not raise his bid.

30.   Cemex SA and Suramericana de Construcciones SA balked at raising their bids to acquire a controlling stake in Colombian cement maker Cementos Paz Del Rio.