There they may be expected to make epic PowerPoint presentations to giant audiences, and to attend banquets and intimate discussions, often in hotels owned by the bidder.
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The number was bought by an anonymous Qatari bidder during a charity auction hosted by Qatar Telecom in Doha on 23 May 2006, according to Guinness World Records.
The diamond was sold to an anonymous bidder by the Christie's auction house in Geneva.
It was bought at Dominic Winter Auctions, based in Cirencester, by a telephone bidder from Chorley in Lancashire.
They were bought at a Sotheby's auction by an American bidder and remain in a New York Library.
The shares, however, jumped 8.7% on Wednesday, after Scottish Power announced it had been approached by a potential bidder.
The firm said it hoped to announce the winning bidder by 13 August.
The second round design bids are due back on the 28 November and government expect to appoint the preferred bidder by Christmas.
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In the next few days, the Government Accountability Office is expected to rule on a protest to that award by the losing bidder, Boeing.
Zell was supposed to use proceeds from that sale, promised last year but delayed repeatedly and now in limbo again after alleged illegal stock market trading by a leading bidder, Mark Cuban, to pay down debt.
In fact, virtually every member of this conspiracy comes away a winner because the profits at the second auction (that is, the difference between the price paid at second auction minus the price paid by the Designated Bidder at the public auction) is frequently divided among the conspirators.
Kodak expects the motion to approve bidding procedures to be heard by the Court on July 2, the auction to be held in early August, and the winning bidder to be announced by August 13.
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Along with receiving the table, which is often coveted by the likes of Barbra Streisand and Sandra Bullock, the winning bidder and five guests will receive a dinner prepared by James Beard-nominated Executive Chef Tory McPahil.
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ImClone said the bidder would be revealed by Thursday unless negotiations continued past midnight.
The new rules will cap a minority bonus at 10 percent, meaning the company's bid would be lowered by 10 percent to determine which bidder gets the contract.
The bid was one of five made to buy the club and believed to be one of two shortlisted by administrator Jeremy Bleazard for preferred bidder status.
The newspaper reported the firm had made preliminary inquiries about an offer, but was not as far through the process as the other potential bidder brought to light by Mr Spowart.
Local Councillor Robert Jones is now calling on BT - chosen by the council as the preferred bidder for the state-aided project - to prioritise Bradley Stoke for the roll out.
In most countries, these dangers could be overcome by a transparent sale to the highest bidder.
In the negotiations, he said, he tried to get each bidder to boost its offer by alerting it of more favorable competing bids.
Sun Hung Kai Properties, which is controlled by the Kwok family, employed an unknown bidder who waited until the 90-minute auction was almost finished before entering the fray.
It would be an interesting exercise to privatize the eight Illinois River locks by simply auctioning them off to the highest bidder, who could then charge whatever toll the traffic would bear.
It would be an interesting exercise to privatize the eight Illinois locks by simply auctioning them off to the highest bidder, who would then be free to charge whatever toll the traffic would bear.
Preferred bidder status will have to be recommended by the partnership's joint committee next week and approved by each of the councils before it is confirmed.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is selling the part of the site not occupied by its new prison and the council is the preferred bidder.
Last week Venari was the high bidder on 15 deepwater blocks put up for auction by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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The company Floating Concepts has been selected by economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise, as the preferred bidder to take the project forward.
He said a company called Wheelabrator Technologies Incorporated had been short-listed as a preferred bidder but the decision would have to be backed by the five councils involved.
Canadian carrier Wind Mobile has faced no small amount of tumult in recent months, culminating in direct control by Orascom and talk of shopping the provider around to the highest bidder.
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