1.   Analysts dismissed the possibility of an all-out bidding contest.

2.   Are CBS and Fox waiting offstage with a bidding contest?

3.   As for other planned sales of rail assets, Silberstein said the government will open the bidding contest for the Ferrocarril Pacifico-Norte in two weeks.

4.   Being on the sell-side is usually a better bet than working for a suitor that could easily lose a bidding contest to a rival.

5.   -- U.S.-based Illinois Central Railroad, has also obtained a permit to take part in the bidding contest.

6.   A public bidding contest may put even more pressure on plane builders to bid low.

7.   Even Redstone concedes he paid more than he expected because of the bidding contest, but he insists that the deal eventually turned into a bargain.

8.   El Paso Energy and Pemex Gas Petroquimica Basica, a unit of state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, won the contract in an international bidding contest.

9.   For that, the companies will have to wait for the outcome of the bidding contests.

10.   Investors who bet that a bidding contest would ensue for Conrail Inc. were a bit embarrassed today.