He added that drivers working for the company, which has been bidding for a number of Olympic contracts, would show Surrey at its best and encourage everybody to be part of the Olympic experience.

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Refco filed for bankruptcy protection that month and after a brief bidding war among a number of buyers, its assets were sold to Man Financial in November.

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Question about number of advertisers who are bidding on mobile.

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Although bidding would begin in January the whole process could take "a number of weeks", said Ofcom.

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This could increase the number of potential bidders that might look at Colgate thereby bidding up its shares if the market starts to consider it is an acquisition target.

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This autumn's bidding for votes has shaken the implicit consensus, shared by all the parties, that the growing number of pensioners would put up with an ever-dwindling basic state pension.

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Not only is the bidding heating up on streaming video service Hulu, but it looks it could be a shoot out between a number of players.

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