Some Tajiks would like to see their own man, Mohammed Fahim, make a bid for power.
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Russ Feingold of Wisconsin — have said no to a bid for the presidency in 2008.
The bid only appears to be lower than earlier bids that came in before Wednesday's auction.
Microsoft has raised its dividend by 25% in a bid to lift its stock price.
Over the past five years the best existing stuff has been bid up too high.
Usually small companies' stocks get bid up on hopes that they'll be big winners.
Shares in Oshkosh surged on the news that Icahn was set to bid for the company.
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Still, some reckon that a bid could prove a politically astute move for Sumitomo Mitsui.
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"The bid levels were too low and for only a fraction of the portfolio, " says Taggert.
The current bid is now 324 bps higher than the final reading of 2012.
"All the companies were of stature, " says an executive who lost out on the bid.
When it or a competitor like Chrysler wins a bid, they pay a penny more.
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So long as there is no deal on that issue, gold will be well bid.
"I pulled the bid because the world changed in terms of valuations, " says Garcia, Ugly chairman.
The New York-based market maker also made a bid today to buy Knight Capital.
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