To win those contracts, Jarvis had to bid low, expand fast and hire sub-contractors extensively.
That means that if you bid low on a piece and nobody tops you, it's yours.
Policymakers have accused Beijing of keeping its currency artificially low in a bid to help China's exporters.
One opponent said that the fact that Buffett had made an offer was proof enough that it was a low-ball bid.
This is a common tactic used by military contractors that enables them to bid low at the outset of a program and then bolster profits later through what are known as engineering change orders.
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Consequently, the auction process encourages companies to bid so low that they drive out legitimate suppliers.
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Potential buyers offered low prices or refused to bid, thinking they could get the property free after it was deserted.
The campaign has already met with some success, leading a number of MCI stockholders to state publicly that Verizon's bid was too low.
The auction was subject to, all bids were subject to our approval, or to a certain minimum, and the bid was too low.
Now, in an age of ecommerce, we tend to think of sites like eBay, with its long bid times and low quality item images.
His ardour may have been dampened by Telecom Italia's newish chairman, Franco Bernabe, who insisted that the Olivetti bid was too low to succeed.
The Galashiels firm said the bid was too low and after a number of approaches has decided to recommend the offer from the Japanese company.
Prominent MCI investors, including billionaire Carlos Slim Helu--the company's largest single shareholder--have indicated that they believe Verizon's bid is too low, and are pressuring Capellas to keep negotiations going.
Not only does Aventis feel that Sanofi's (nyse: SNY - news - people ) bid is too low, it also appears to be angry that its rival decided to launch a hostile offer at all.
"The bid levels were too low and for only a fraction of the portfolio, " says Taggert.
The final plan allows for syndicates to bid for licenses for low-power devices, but no spectrum is reserved.
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Mr. Cuomo's political fortunes have ebbed and flowed during the past decade, hitting a low point following his failed gubernatorial bid in 2002 and the very public end to his marriage to Kerry Kennedy.
Prices have been bid up thanks to record low interest rates and record high agricultural output prices.
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It could be seen as a bully trying to strong-arm ImClone shareholders into accepting a bid it knows is too low.
Faced with low yields elsewhere, many investors have bid up property and REIT shares for their dividends, but Ms. Wong cautions they should be choosing only ones where management has consistently delivered.
Yet even with this large subsidy, PPIP's chance for success is low because of the substantial gulf between the bid and ask prices on the toxic assets, and the reluctance of investors to partner with the government.
In a bid to acquire a foothold in low-cost generics, the Japanese firm paid 737 rupees a share last June, forking out a premium of 31% to the company's stock price at the time. (See Daiichi Sankyo Decides Generics Are Healthy Biz).
But particularly on the low end, you'll likely see fans bid up prices.
With the big banks (JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, etc) investing in tax lien certificates, rates that were in the low teens just 3-4 years ago are now bid down to 0-0.25% due to intense competition as your article states.
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Republicans eligible for votes in the Tar Heel State include Bush and McCain, former ambassador Alan Keyes, whose bid for the GOP nomination soldiers on despite very low numbers, and conservative activist Gary Bauer, who dropped out of the Republican race following the New Hampshire primary.
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Last month, Elan said its board unanimously rejected the takeover bid, with company leaders saying the price was too low.
But ABP rejected the bid on Tuesday saying after telling investors that the potential offer was too low.
The concern is that its bid was too high and the punishment for not fulfilling its terms is too low.
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