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The company announced losses of £18m rather than the expected £55m profit after having to change its accounting for bid costs.
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costs — Ⅰ. costs [plural] (also legal costs) ► LAW the money that helps pay for the lawyers and the court in a legal case, usually paid by the person or organization that has lost the case: »They were fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $10,000 in costs. →… … Financial and business terms
Bid rent theory — is a geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand on real estate changes as the distance towards the CBD increases. It states that different land users will compete with one another for land close to the city centre. This… … Wikipedia
Bid rigging — is an illegal agreement between two or more competitors. It is a form of collusion, which is illegal in most countries. It is a form of price fixing and market allocation, and it involves an agreement in which one party of a group of bidders will … Wikipedia
bid-shopping — v. The legitimate practice whereby a general contractor, after being awarded a contract, tries to reduce his own costs by disclosing to interested subcontractors the lowest bids he received for subcontracts, and then inviting even lower bids.… … Law dictionary
Bid tv — Infobox TV channel name = bid tv logofile = Bid tv logo.png logosize = logoalt = launch = October, 2000 share = 0.1% share as of = June 2008 share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/monthreports.cfm?report=monthgmulti] owner = sit up… … Wikipedia
bid/offer spread — The difference between the bid price and the offer price of a security. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary The offer price is what you pay if you want to buy an investment and the bid price is what you get when you want to sell.… … Financial and business terms
Chicago 2016 Olympic bid — Olympic bid|2016|Summer winner = runner up = shortlisted1 = Chicago shortlisted2 = Madrid shortlisted3 = Rio de Janeiro shortlisted4 = Tokyo fullname = Chicago, United States committee = United States Olympic Committee (USOC) history = None (It… … Wikipedia
Trading costs — Costs of buying and selling marketable securities and borrowing. Trading costs include commissions, slippage, and the bid/ask spread. See: transaction costs. The New York Times Financial Glossary … Financial and business terms
trading costs — costs of buying and selling marketable securities and borrowing. trading costs include commissions, slippage, and the bid/ ask spread. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: transactions costs. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics — Bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics Overview · Rio de Janeiro Madrid · Tokyo · Chicago 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics … Wikipedia
