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the government said wednesday it was referring bids from both british aerospace -lrb- bae -rrb- and general electric company -lrb- gec -rrb- for naval shipbuilders vsel to the monopolies and mergers commission -lrb- mmc -rrb- .
government refers gec bae bids for vsel to monopolies commission