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The Atlanta-based firm is one of three vendors used by the city for automated license plate readers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
A month later, Moore, then at the Orange Bowl, messaged Shiver on Instagram, the law firm found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
This year, estimates for 2026 have kept climbing, a pattern the firm said has historically appeared mainly when the economy was emerging from a deep slowdown or recession.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
This week, however, it is shaping up to be a much different test, with firm and fiery conditions expected at a sun-baked Birkdale.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
No Wall Street firm even bothered to send them quotes on the things anymore.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Sales of data-center operators are on the rise as owners of these firms seek exits and investor interest in owning the physical infrastructure behind advanced artificial intelligence grows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Tech firms were once again in the crosshairs, with South Korea's Kospi extending a painful selloff as chip titan SK hynix continued to be routed amid growing fears about the AI boom.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Yet De Beers and other established firms have cashed in on those industry changes too, producing their own lab-grown versions at a snip of the price one would pay for natural diamonds.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Among those who signed the statement were Nobel laureates, AI researchers and tech leaders from California venture capital firms and companies including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
There was no way she could have known what was going to happen to these Wall Street firms, or even the extent of their losses in the subprime mortgage market.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
However, the stoppage of short-term speculation can put the market on firmer ground, said Minter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Copper also edged lower after a firmer U.S. dollar softened investor appetite for dollar-denominated commodities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Weather-related production risks have historically led to firmer palm oil prices as markets price in tighter supply, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
But, as the game progressed, from just before half-time and into the second period, their hold on the game grew firmer, albeit without the clear chances that presented themselves at the other end.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
They trekked out along the crescent sweep of beach, keeping to the firmer sand below the tidewrack.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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
He said the 17th green, typically one of the firmest on the course, is a good example of that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
He told BBC Newsnight's special programme: "Why has this one got the firmest of lids on it? I think it is because it goes to the heart of the British state."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
Folky fingerpicking and new-agey thoughts about self-help make “Deeper Well” one of the gentlest but firmest rebuffs imaginable.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
I say, in my firmest, calmest astronaut voice.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Oil rose while Asian equities firmed Monday as a surge in artificial intelligence-linked stocks helped offset uncertainty over US-Iran talks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 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
He said industry guidance had been "firmed up".
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Solid job gains and low unemployment would be seen by a majority of Fed officials as further evidence that the labor market has firmed.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
The bull's tail went up and he charged, and Romero moved his arms ahead of the bull, wheeling, his feet firmed.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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
With inflation at a three-year high and a firming labor market, pressure has been increasing for the Fed to address rising prices by potentially raising interest rates.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
The relentless rally in equities, signs of firming job growth, and surprisingly hawkish minutes from the April Federal Open Market Committee meeting all added to the mix.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
Data earlier this week from the Labor Department and human-resources firm ADP showed that the job market is firming up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Set them in firmly, by pressing down hard with the ball of the foot after firming by hand.
From Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use by Rockwell, F. F. (Frederick Frye)
