Before Grand Met's initial $60 bid, Pillsbury's shares were trading at about $30 each.

Not much is known about Cinna before his bid for the consulship of 87 BC.

The tapes reveal just what a small stage Dr. Dean occupied before his presidential bid.

He had been viewed as a viable presidential candidate before his actual bid in 1992.

Thomas maintains that her desire to compete diminished even before her unsuccessful bid for the gold at the Olympics.

Before Olivetti's bid, many analysts and portfolio managers had singled out the company as a favorite.

That is up more than 4 percent from Aventis's price before Sanofi's bid, but still below the actual offer of 59.63 euros a share.

Qwest started speaking to private equity firms before its latest bid on April 1.

Before Viacom's new bid yesterday, that gap was about $6 a share, depending on stock market trading.

A left-leaning populist with little political experience before his mayoral bid, he was one of Portland's most colorful political figures.