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Mitsubishi's Coilplus subsidiary, a manufacturer of precision steel products, didn't just plop down its new $16 million plant in Will County, ^ Ill., three years ago by chance. The county, 35 miles south of Chicago, prevailed in an intense 15-month bidding contest against 20 other sites in Illinois...
The deal allows Harvard to maintain a viable need-based financial aid system and minimizes the University's risk from private lawsuits, but it may eventually force Harvard into a bidding war to attract the best-qualified students.
While all the schools are expected to maintain their need-based policies, university officials are worried that the situation may change in the future and perhaps degenerate into unseemly bidding contests for the best students.
The Wunsch system completely circumvents the exchanges. Share prices are set through electronic bidding on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at hours when the stock markets are closed. Using personal computers, investors anonymously enter the amounts of stock they wish to trade and prices they will accept. Before trades are executed...
The Havel government in Czechoslovakia has begun auctioning off thousands of small businesses and retail shops. The initial round of bidding was limited to Czechoslovak citizens, who must pay only a $1.75 entrance fee to qualify for the auction. A later round of bidding will be open to foreigners.