He knows if we miss our filing deadline, we don't stand a chance to compete against them for the bid.

他知道如果我们错过了诉讼的最后期限，那我们就没有机会跟他们竞标了。

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But, alas, the bid deadline expired on July 17th without a single bidder coming forward.

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Chrysler wants the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to approve bidding rules for the auction that would require creditor objections to be submitted by May 11 with the competing bid deadline set at May 15.

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Dell had until midnight Wednesday to match this bid, but the deadline passed with no word from Dell.

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