Sentence examples for bidder over from inspiring English sources

"We are assessing every case and will make contact with anyone that we believe could be a serious bidder over the next few days.

A representative for Casey's, based in Ankeny, Iowa, declined to comment on the identify of the new bidder, but the company said it had begun talks with the bidder over a possible friendly deal.

ING Barings became the favored bidder over KBC Bancassurance Holding N.V. of Belgium and BNP Paribas S.A. of France after it raised its bid to $120 millionn a week and a half ago.

Later a Home Office spokesman clarified his remarks, stating that Reliance had been identified as a lead bidder over the summer, but the decision to give the company the contract over G4S was not "ratified" until last week.

G.M. put Opel up for sale in the spring as it headed toward bankruptcy in the United States, and G.M. management had selected Magna as the preferred bidder over rival offers from RHJ International, a Belgian-based holding company, and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding.

But it may be a new measure of the mania of celebrity worship that even the belongings of a staid figure from the 1950's like Mr. Como were being put up for sale to the highest bidder over a four-day auction.

Mr Fazio has been accused of unfairly favouring local bidders over foreigners in two banking takeovers.

"We have seen a 20 percent increase in Asian bidders over the last two years," he said.

The agreement comes after talks with a number of bidders over the last few weeks and consultation with the informal creditors' committees, Deloitte said.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDICC), which is responsible for taking over and selling failed banks, moved quickly once WaMu's fate was clear, even negotiating with potential bidders over the heads of its board and chief executive.

"We are aware that Ticketus has also been, at their own instigation, in parallel discussion with one of the other bidders over the last few weeks and it remains to be seen whether these discussions will be taken forward".