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frames- Ratners Group PLC , a fast-growing , acquisition-minded London-based jeweler , raised its price for Seattle-based specialty jeweler Weisfield 's Inc. to $ 57.50 *U* a share , or $ 62.1 million *U* , from $ 50 *U* a share , or $ 55 million *U* , after another concern said 0 [ARG0 it] would be prepared *-1 to [rel outbid] [ARG1 Ratners 's initial offer] .
- How could [ARG0 CBS] get pushed into *-2 [rel outbidding] [ARG1-REC itself] *T*-1 ?
- ABC , a unit of Capital Cities\/ABC Inc. , and General Electric Co. 's National Broadcasting Co. also risk losses if [ARG0 they] [rel outbid] [ARG1 CBS] for [ARG2-for other contracts] .
- `` In the past , corporate buyers were often discouraged *-1 from * making bids because of competition from [ARG0 LBO firms] , which *T*-2 were often prepared * to [rel outbid] '' [ARG1 the corporations] , says 0 *T*-3 J. Tomilson Hill , head of mergers and acquisitions at Shearson Lehman Hutton .