Word: bidding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...reminding the President that Britain supported the American defense buildup "in every way." Some observers took this to refer to Britain's endorsement of the Strategic Defense Initiative, which France has refused to back. But the French obviously believe in dollar wars: the Thomson and GTE bid was a whopping $3.1 billion less than Plessey-Rockwell's. SPYING Painful Stalemate...
...plastic bags, dunked in buckets of water containing tear gas and tortured with electric shocks. The case was dismissed on a technicality. Meanwhile, some 200 to 300 detainees being held at prisons in the Cape Town area reportedly began a hunger strike to protest their confinement. VIET NAM A Bid to Break an Impasse...
Since the last U.S. ground troops withdrew from Viet Nam in 1973, relations between the two countries have been frozen, in part over Hanoi's failure to cooperate with the U.S. in accounting for 1,787 American G.I.s listed as missing in action. In a bid to break the diplomatic impasse, the government of Premier Pham Van Dong last summer promised to resolve the MIA dispute within two years. Hanoi offered to identify and turn over to the U.S. the remains of any American soldiers it found. Washington insisted on direct participation in any Vietnamese search...
...been in trouble since the summer, when Atlanta Entrepreneur Ted Turner launched a $5.4 billion takeover bid. The company escaped Turner's clutches by buying back 21% of its stock, but it did that by taking on increased debt, which has forced the firm to cut expenses and trim its staff...
U.P.I.'s management, employees and creditors accepted a bid of $41.6 million from Mario Vázquez Raña and Houston Real Estate Developer Joseph E. Russo. The once rival bidders began striking up a partnership last Tuesday in the elevator of U.P.I.'s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Vázquez Raña, who is expected to control about 90% of the company, owns the largest chain of newspapers in Mexico. He told American reporters through an interpreter that he plans to restore U.P.I.'s financial stability and improve its performance. Said U.P.I. Vice President William J. Bowe: "It will...