bidding war

LADY GAGA is at the centre of a bidding war - to save tea from hot water.

Analysts believe H-P retains an edge in a bidding war, due to its bigger size and cash base.

A bidding war broke out for Data Domain, with two rivals offering around $2 billion for the data-storage company.

Here's Dell's problem: HP would demand a premium, and the sell-off would quickly turn into a bidding war.

Even as Congress debates legislation to tame it, Wall Street is conducting a bidding war between the parties for its continued beneficence.

THERE is nothing like a good bidding war to lift capitalism's spirits.

However, Juve face a bidding war if they are to lure the Spaniard, and may find themselves priced out of the market.

'We're predicting inflation anyway, but the regulations may spark more of a bidding war, ' Mr. Carter said.

This has apparently sparked a bidding war on e-Bay, with prices ranging up to $1500.

Start a bidding war. What, one war's not enough for you, huh? l missed you, Danny. See? lt is here. He has tried to find it.

The protracted and bitterly contested bidding war highlighted the intense demand for telecoms assets in developing markets.

The Japanese airline's financial failure has opened up a bidding war among American airlines.

Kraft is hoping that shareholders, who have so far held firm, will back its proposal if a bidding war fails to materialise.

The continuing bidding war is likely to result in diminished returns for the states.

Thebest advice for avoiding a bidding war is to set a price limit andstick to it.

That came after the Chinese company won a bidding war with its Indian rival for an oil producer in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan.

The announcement will disappoint investors, many of whom retained lingering hopes of benefiting from a potentially lucrative bidding war.

Juventus will meet Zaragoza officials tomorrow to warn they won't enter a bidding war with Real Madrid over Gabriel Milito.

Well before then, a bidding war had started for the stock exchange's Victorian-sounding member firms.

Since the bidding war began, the stock's value has climbed by more than 50%.

Instead, Beijing is pitting Ford, GM, and other big carmakers against each other in a bidding war designed transfer technology.

Even so, say JPMorgan's analysts, PACCAR will probably shy away from a bidding war.

What if she got in a bidding war with Sherry and Melanie and lost out?

Dibs does not apply in a bidding war.

Prices increase as a bidding war ensues for labor.

More than 10 bidders raised their hands at the opening offer of HK$4 million, prompting a bidding war.

That explains the recent bidding war between Dell and HP over 3Par, a data-storage company.

The auto giant plans to bid out $3B IT contracts, which will spark a bidding war.

She and Melanie are having a bidding war over you.

A bidding war is almost always anunnecessary waste of time and, in the end, a waste of money.

A rival bid is possible, but so far no one appears inclined to enter into a bidding war with deep-pocketed Microsoft;

The bidding war between the two technology giants came after Dell struck a deal to buy 3PAR for about $1. 2 billion in cash, or $18 a share.

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In June, a bidding war started for the core assets of PCCW, Hong Kong's dominant telecoms company.