firm
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The buyer is Ithaca Holdings, a firm founded recently by two Silicon Valley executives, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Last month, the family asked a law firm to help a search for answers about the blaze.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Also ask whether he is acting as a fiduciary in recommending this particular investment and whether he or his firm has any financial relationship with the sponsor.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Shares of CCC Intelligent Solutions jump following a report that said Elliott Investment Management and a private equity firm were eyeing an acquisition.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
I eased the spade under the firm leaves of a potato plant, watching the earth come away in thick clods.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Efforts to cut back on extending fresh credit to such firms could expose Chinese state banks to big losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Many such firms were involved in local real-estate development and have been hit hard by China’s yearslong property bust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
He also said there should be a legal requirement for firms to write "incident reports" and tell victims if the technology goes rogue.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Some firms have lost customers or had to downsize, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
It was expensive, and a lot more security than most firms really needed.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
It "will bolster market expectations for firmer monetary policy from the Federal Reserve as it seeks to ensure inflation is tamped out," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Some are made with a firmer material in the lower half of the pillow, which help retain the shape during the night.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Friday’s report went the other way: A key measure of underlying consumer prices was firmer than expected in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Gold’s recent slippage came as high Treasury yields, firmer Fed rate-hike expectations and rising oil prices “collectively outweighed dollar softness,” Kaynat Chainwala of Kotak Neo says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Then the taste...It was like the smell, but stronger, sweeter, firmer.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
The new Chairman of the Federal Reserve on Friday delivered his firmest statement to date of his determination to tame inflation, and the clearest explanation of how he thinks the Fed should get there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The good news, Parsons said, is the foundation he and majority owners Bob Iger and Willow Bay have built is the firmest in the team’s short, dysfunctional history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Intel looks to be “on its firmest footing in years,” Seaport Research analyst Jay Goldberg said in a Thursday note.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
“It’s probably the firmest evidence yet that this planet has an atmosphere,” said Ian Crossfield, an astronomer at the University of Kansas who studies exoplanets and was not involved with the research.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Penelope used her firmest voice, for she could sense some resistance from the Incorrigibles about parting with their new pets.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
But as Aronimink firmed up on a hot day, the players at the top of the leaderboard struggled to match those numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Tracking of cardholder activity by Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s largest lender, showed consumer spending firmed modestly in March despite ongoing softness in discretionary goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
That position probably isn’t at risk—the two companies recently disclosed an agreement which firmed up their relationship through 2031.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
He said industry guidance had been "firmed up".
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
His gas-flame-blue eyes chilled over, and his jawline firmed.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Oil’s price rise accompanied firming conviction that the Fed will be hiking again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The report suggests the labor market is firming across multiple sectors after near-zero job growth last year, despite more recent concerns about rising energy prices that have driven consumer sentiment to a record low.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Bulls are still in control but their grip isn’t firming.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
The Bank of Japan said it is carefully monitoring the risk that oil prices may accelerate underlying inflation, firming expectations of a summer rate hike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
The awkwardness of the Carnegie Mellon encounter, however, had a firming effect on Stallman's own moral lassitude.
From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams
