61.   CalEnergy is the second hostile bid made for Northern.

62.   Chapters said the hostile bid was inadequate and created substantial uncertainties for shareholders.

63.   Casino itself has expanded, buying two rival French retailers in October, a move analysts said was intended to stop the hostile bid from Promodes.

64.   Commerzbank AG is still in the negotiations and could respond to an announcement of a takeover by Merrill with a hostile bid for Smith New Court.

65.   Credito Romagnolo, meanwhile, fighting a hostile bid, plans a merger with a fellow Bologna bank.

66.   Conrail and the Norfolk Southern Corp., which has made a hostile bid for Conrail, wrangled on Thursday over a confidentiality agreement for the talks.

67.   Davis added that he and his board declined the offer, even after Wetherell warned he might make a hostile bid.

68.   Dean Witter and Morgan Stanley may have decided a friendly merger was better than the prospect of both companies getting hostile bids from other competitors with consolidation in mind.

69.   Despite its low stock price, Corning is unlikely to fall prey to a hostile takeover bid.

70.   Earlier this year, hostile bids led to takeovers of Aran Energy and Goal Petroleum.