But the government, in an effort to protect Samsung Electronics, the country's largest electronics equipment manufacturer, has thrown an interesting twist into bid proposals due this week by pressuring the chosen to adopt a 3G technology not to their liking.

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Bloomberg, often seen as a key potential supporter for Quinn's mayoral bid, blasted both proposals.

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Among the proposals was a bid to prioritise calls and reduce paperwork.

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Only South Africa, Ghana and Libya managed to submit bids before the deadline of 23 November 2003, but proposals from Ivory Coast as well as a joint bid between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have also been accepted.

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In our bid to become the Official Oil and Gas partner we presented extensive proposals and details on how we could achieve our goals.

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Apple has agreed to pull one of its proposals from the shareholder meeting Wednesday after a federal judge ruled in favor of a bid by Greenlight Capital that sought to block voting on the same.

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If you say to me that the request for proposals, the call for tenders will be free, fair and transparent, then we say EADS will bid and we trust you.

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