Three firms bid for the contract on the new buildings.

【bid】有三家公司竞标承包新楼工程。

Pressure to improve performance has been increased of late by Trian, an activist hedge fund which has built a stake in the company, and by the firm's failed bid to buy the consumer-health business of GlaxoSmithKline, a British drugmaker.

最近，该公司提高业绩的压力增加了，因为激进的对冲基金Trian入股了该公司，同时该公司收购英国制药公司葛兰素史克消费者健康的业务也失败了。