Word: bidders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Corp., the Tennessee Valley Authority and a privately owned coal-exporting firm called ICM-Carbomin International have either formally or informally dropped out of contention. While the other two-both syndicates of electric utilities-keep on negotiating, a consortium headed by Newmont Mining Corp. has appeared a last likely bidder. But this group is said to have offered only $800 million for Peabody, and whether it can or will go to $ 1 billion is uncertain...
...have come as a shock to some passersby to see Actress Sandy Dennis standing outside the Brooks Atkinson Theater in New York with a small cat in her arms, offering to sell it to the highest bidder. But Dennis, 39, has a thing about cats, and lives with 33 of them (guests who drop in for a visit have been known to find fur in their drinks). So when the Humane Society of New York City decided to auction off some homeless kittens, guess who was asked to be auctioneer? Dennis did fairly well, too: she sold seven cats...
...Mercedes-Benz ranges from five months to 14 (for the relatively plebeian-priced $6,738 diesel 200 model), and would-be buyers who are not employees are getting annoyed. So Daimler-Benz has made an odd request: that employees sell their year-old models not to the highest bidder but to Mercedes dealers, who will recondition the cars and sell them. "We are appealing to our employees' sense of responsibility," says a company spokesman. "We point out that they will be helping to ensure the company's future if they take a few hundred marks less." The company...
...Angeles Rams. Joe Greene and his colleagues along the Pittsburgh Steelers'defensive line, plus the front four of the Minnesota Vikings, will follow the sun to Miami to sign with the Dolphins. Dozens of other stars will auction off their services every year to the highest bidder, and some cold-weather cities such as Green Bay and Buffalo won't be able to buy enough players to field a team...
...legislators may dispose of the land in any fashion they choose, including selling the parcel to the highest bidder...