51.   Bids are due this week, people familiar with the talks said.

52.   Bids were due today.

53.   Bids will be due in July, and contracts should be awarded in the fall.

54.   Bid is the price at which marketmakers will buy the stock from an investor.

55.   Bids have been in for more than a year, and NBC and ABC are waiting.

56.   Bids are to close on Friday and a decision is expected in January.

57.   A Cabletron bid for Chipcom would probably be a hostile bid, although such bids are rare in the computer industry.

58.   A takeover bid might be just the thing, traders said.

59.   A spokeswoman for Hughes declined to comment on whether the bids are due today.

60.   A spokesman for Vodafone declined to comment on whether a hostile bid for Mannesmann was imminent or even under consideration.