51.   Montgomery expects to receive a higher bid from ING Groep NV, they added.

52.   Norweb had said yesterday that if a higher bid did not emerge it planned to recommend the North West Water offer.

53.   Now, even with a higher bid on the table, Hilton may not sway ITT investors, say analysts.

54.   Only after it secured the BBA offer was International Paper prepared to make a higher bid, Holvis said.

55.   Only Kaminski could authorize a higher bid, if necessary, and having a telephone was the next best thing to being there.

56.   Other Minnesota Education shareholders also are wavering, perhaps causing investors to think a higher bid may be in the works.

57.   Praxair chairman and chief executive officer H. William Lichtenberger called CBI chairman and CEO John E. Jones today to inform him of the higher bid.

58.   QVC Chairman Barry Diller said Thursday that his company would consider the offer while seeking higher bids.

59.   Properties sold with owner-financing, he said, while less typical, often results in higher bids.

60.   RPR said it would raise its latest offer only if another company made a higher bid.