Famous Quotes & Sayings

Typically, we refer issues to the prosecutor when we find instances of misappropriation of funds, something that rises to the level of criminal activity. We don't think we saw that here. We saw places where monitoring wasn't great and bid law compliance wasn't great.

The decision-making process, with FCM leaving, resulted in my needing to make a decision faster than going with a large bid process, ... We sole-sourced it, and made the decision with counsel from the governor's office and Legislature.

We have known for a while that Microsoft was making a very serious bid to increase its presence on mobile devices.

We reviewed documentation. Mr. Lee had the lowest bid on four of the five contracts.

Ashley Young

We wanted to get first place. That was our main goal. We set our goals high. We had a goal to get a national bid and since we were going to the competition we felt we may as well take first.

We are expecting the bids to come (in) high.

Finally we got a calm day to recoup. Yesterday, with stock markets down all around the world overnight and the release of the Clinton tapes, that caused a tremendous bid for the bond.

Eliot Spitzer

First, before any bids were submitted, the defendants determined which insurance company would win the business. Second, they set a 'target' for the winner to submit as its bid,

David Taylor

But perhaps most important of all, if we thought our chances were good, we would have to consider whether we were going to bid ourselves.

We had a tremendous bid from Northern and we also had a tremendous big from the University of Illinois. At the end of the day our board concluded that we would return to the U of I.

Trying to build a case for an at-large bid at our level is pretty tough. It's gotten a little better, but we're still going to have to go on the road for the most part to play power conference schools.

Elliott Abrams

While foreign competitors, French or Japanese or German, merrily bid for contracts abroad, American companies find themselves tangled in a web of legislation designed to express disapproval, block trade in certain commodities, or perhaps deny resources to disfavored or hostile regimes.

We're under siege and I don't get it. We deserved every bid. We earned them. We deserved six bids and we should have had five, because I don't understand how they can look at Missouri State and not put them in.

We have seen quite a few people walk away from deals after the management rejects it. Interest rates are going up. Debt financing is costing more, so that's going to put a bit of pressure on what people can bid for.

Steve Bruce

The opening bid is laughable. It is so derisory.

There are already signs of a slowdown in real estate, particularly in Florida markets that have been bid up due to speculative buying.

There are likely to be people who bid on certain loans because they want to support people they care about and can relate to. For example, a successful entrepreneur may remember the trials and tribulations of getting a loan to start her first business, and be instantly drawn to borrowers who are budding entrepreneurs.

This sale represents a record in terms of the total volume of RIK gas sold, the number of bids received, and the total number of companies that made offers.

We're responding to RFPs (calls for job bids for security systems) now.

John Tavares

We're trying to bid for the Memorial Cup when it comes back to the OHL and we're getting a new arena, ... It will be a long time, but I think it will be a great experience too.

Those who rejected the bid from Philip Green have been vindicated. Despite very tough retail conditions, the management are delivering.

We are working as fast as we can to get this project out to bid as soon as possible. I don?t think we could get this done any faster than it?s being done.

We are clearly giving some serious consideration to putting together a bid for the tournament.

We have good hamburgers. Some people come just to eat and for the entertainment in watching the auctions. They don't bid on anything. It's just something to do on a Saturday night.

We're all checking into it right now to find out how serious the bid consideration is.

Steve Sabol

When my father bid $5,000 for the 1962 Championship Game, that was a huge amount. It was double the bid the year before. Pete Rozelle was flabbergasted. Who was this guy who was willing to spend so much money on what seemed like relatively worthless rights to the NFL Championship Game?