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Markets have also been spooked by concerns about "neocloud" firm CoreWeave's huge debt pile.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
The other is a longer running and possibly nastier standoff with his co-founder at Two Sigma—an $85 billion quant-trading colossus—over the direction and control of the firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Mr. Trennert is chairman and CEO of Baird Strategas, a macroeconomic research firm based in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Under the proposals, he claims the firm would be competing for contracts from local authorities, meaning they could go "out of business" if they failed.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Of course, the safest way to expense to one’s Wall Street firm a day of playing Full Metal Jacket was to invite some customer along.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Higher rates hurt tech firms as many rely on borrowing to fund their huge investments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Wurster noted that many of the firms pushing for agentic trading are those whose profits depend largely on the volume of customer trades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Wall Street is heading for a high-stakes showdown, as booming corporate earnings for technology and energy firms collide with a relentless rise in bond yields.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026
Social media firms argue the potential risks are being overstated and that they already provide users with effective safety tools.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Compounds containing spores of Bacillus thuringiensis are now being manufactured by several firms in the United States under various trade names.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
AI-linked stocks were on firmer ground in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Investors are likely to stay shy of luxury stocks until brands can show firmer acceleration in their top lines, analysts at Bank of America wrote recently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
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
I get a firmer grasp on my bow and go on.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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
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
But then there’s also the nagging feeling that Tøndel doesn’t have the firmest grasp on his own material.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
“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
Thandiwe chuckled, then stepped forward and gave me the firmest handshake I’d ever gotten.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
“MAGS is on the verge of breaking out and looks quite positive here, with stocks like Apple, Alphabet, and Meta having all firmed up nicely in recent days,” said Fundstrat’s Newton.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Job growth, which stalled at the end of last year, has firmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
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
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
His gas-flame-blue eyes chilled over, and his jawline firmed.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
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
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
In other instances, it is partial, and when it is, a heavy roller run over the land is helpful in firming the soil around the roots that have been thus disturbed.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw
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