41.   Stocks were helped by a surge in shares of electric utility Enersis SA on hopes the company would bid for a Brazilian electric distributor.

42.   Strong growth, in turn, can fuel inflation by creating bottlenecks that allow companies to bid up prices.

43.   Such companies bid on damaged, out-of-date, and surplus foods and restaurant supplies.

44.   That raised speculation that another company might bid for the utility.

45.   The companies may bid together on some fields and separately on others, Wheelahan said.

46.   The company bid only one penny on each ton.

47.   The company has also bid for a personal communications services license in Hong Kong, and for a cellular service license in India.

48.   The company will bid on one or more regional wireless concessions which will be offered in Brazil before the end of the year.

49.   The concern, though, is that companies might have bid up prices with wash trades.

50.   The German company bid for Telecom Italia without first alerting France Telecom.