Sentence examples for major bidder from inspiring English sources

(The other major bidder for the property was a nearby university).

The other major bidder for EMI's publishing arm is Sony/ATV, a joint venture with the estate of Michael Jackson.

According to a Reuters report on Thursday Universal Music, considered to be the only other major bidder left in the running for EMI's recorded music operation, had pulled out of the auction.

The Warner Music Group was said to be the only major bidder to oppose BMG in the publishing deal, but Warner is said to be more interested in the some of the larger assets being sold as a result of Universal's $1.9 billion takeover of EMI's record labels.

And finally, Google is a major bidder in the upcoming sale of the 700 MHz spectrum by the F.C.C.

T-Mobile does not yet have a 3G network in place and should be a major bidder for licenses covering broad geographic areas.

Most other major bidders had dropped out.

The major bidders for the recorded music division, the smallest of the four major record companies, are the Universal Music Group, the Warner Music Group and MacAndrews & Forbes, the holding company controlled by Ronald Perelman.

In 1990, Dayton Hudson prevailed over two other major bidders, the May Department Store Company and Dillard Department Stores, in buying Marshall Field and Company of Chicago, one of the oldest names in American retailing.

There also are two other major bidders: Churchill Downs, the famed track in Louisville, Ky., that has bought five other top-flight racecourses in the last few years, and a group led by Frank Stronach, an auto parts entrepreneur who has bought seven tracks since 1997.

Better yet: The battle for Hershey stands to knock out some major bidders for Adams, the gum division of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer that makes Dentyne and Trident and is expected to go on the block shortly for around $4 billion.