The companies would then bid for a contract to develop the test.

He said the town would then ask companies to bid on managing the ski area.

Stephen Green said the company might bid on new city business, offering to house another agency.

Three companies bidding for about $100 billion in annual business from the Pentagon would not be healthy.

Initially 10 companies had bid on the contract last year, but the field has been narrowed over the past several months.

It is considering proposals from five companies bidding for the contract.

The company is also bidding for 500 km of projects in India.

Over 30 companies bid for the novel's film rights.

His company is bidding $81 a share, compared with $75 from the Pinault group.

Twenty-two companies, most of them far larger and better known, had bid on the lucrative project.