Word: bidness
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Dornan was first elected to Congress in 1976. He then held three different California seats--in the 27th, 38th, and 46th districts--for a total of nine terms. However, on election night, November 5, 1996, 1,212 late absentee ballots blocked his bid for a 10th term...
...been a unique path, I have never joined any elite group, never sought advance while others stabbed friends in the back," said Dornan in a pointed reference to his fellow Republicans, who, he said, abandoned him in his re-election bid last year...
Wall Street was abuzz Thursday morning over GTE's surprise $28 billion cash bid for MCI, reports Money Daily...
...that the MCI acquisition is by any means a done deal. MCI management, led by chairman Bert Roberts, had not been heard from as of the end of last week. MCI shareholders will get a chance to vote on the rival offers, and BT could choose to raise its bid, although it can ill afford a bidding war. BT, whose shareholders were unhappy with the MCI deal, may simply decide to walk away. That would leave the company's global strategy adrift but provide a nice $1.3 billion profit on its MCI investment. "The player who benefits most from WorldCom...
SOLD. SUE, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever recovered, to Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History; at an auction in New York City. The winning bid of $8.4 million was financed partly by McDonald's and Disney. DIED. JEROME LEMELSON, 74, prolific inventor whose more than 500 patents include the bar-code scanning technology used by stores and factories around the world; of liver cancer; in Los Angeles. He spent years in legal battles with corporations over his patents, won millions in settlements, and used the money to endow a $500,000 annual prize for inventors...