41. The escalation of the bidding contest helped boost Conrail shares to a 52-week high of 100 7 / 8 today. 42. Shares in potential French buyers Lagardere SCA and Alcatel Alsthom SA fell on the expectation a bidding contest will raise their costs. 43. KKR announced its first tender offer in what became a wild bidding contest on a Monday, Oct . 24, 1988. 44. But some officials said the lack of a spirited bidding contest demonstrates the collusive practices widespread in Japan's corporate culture. 45. The two companies were chosen in a bidding contest over IBM and Unisys, which also are U . S . firms. 46. Western Auto has won a bidding contest to buy 84 auto parts stores in a bankruptcy sale for $ 17.6 million. 47. Transportes y Servicios, whic defeated six other companies in the bidding contest , expects to begin providing urban transport services in December. 48. The deal, announced Wednesday night, ended a bidding contest for AT & AMP; T Broadband that started five months ago. 49. Dean, based in Franklin Park, Ill ., withdrew its bid for Curtice-Burns, apparently uninterested in a bidding contest . 50. Representatives in London for two U . S . companies, who last week appeared ready for a protracted bidding contest , declined comment.
