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The firm says it does not intend to introduce a service that would include a human at the wheel.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
In August, EVs represented 5.7% of all sales in the U.S., down from 10.3% a year prior when the tax credit was due to expire, according to data from Motor Intelligence, an industry-research firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ballmer nearly granted Aspiration naming rights to the team’s new $2-billion arena, but instead chose financial services firm Intuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Rebecca Wettemann, CEO of technology-research firm Valoir, said Nvidia was likely benefitting from a general market rebound on Wednesday as investors responded to momentum in oil prices and a pullback in Treasury yields.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
And Chip’s address wasn’t typed but written—in firm grown-up handwriting, like a teacher’s.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Act requires firms which have identified illegal content, including fraudulent material, on their sites to show they are committed to removing it.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
US energy firms on Wednesday signed a raft of multibillion-dollar deals with Venezuela, days after the South American country agreed to grant the United States control of a huge chunk of its vast oil reserves.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Thoma was one of many private-equity firms that paid sizable multiples for companies at the height of the market in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Banks and law firms often have fiduciaries who act as executors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
His name was Joseph Ryan—“Joey,” he’d corrected himself—and he worked, as she’d guessed, on Wall Street: he’d rattled off a string of names that she recognized as one of the big trading firms.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
None of this is specific forward guidance, yet it’s a firmer message on inflation than markets have heard from the central bank in some time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"It enables you to reach a much firmer and deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for the problems and indeed to seek solutions that come very much from the person and their family," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The project has been discussed around Louisiana for months, though firmer details came Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
But there may be a force at play with an even firmer hold on the American man: gas prices.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
He dug his heels into the riverbed, seeking a firmer foothold.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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
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
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
The dollar firmed against the British pound, the euro and the yen.
From Barron's ● May 15, 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
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
Our organization’s modeling for another Midwestern state, Indiana, estimates that new solar costs increase from $76.79 a megawatt-hour to $159.24 a megawatt-hour once firming costs to maintain reliability are included.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
“A majority of participants highlighted…that some policy firming would likely become appropriate if inflation were to continue to run persistently above 2%,” according to the minutes of the April policy meeting, released Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Reclaiming that threshold, pegged at 6624 points, over the next few days will be crucial in firming up sentiment ahead of the first round of bank-sector earnings on April 14.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
After the earth has been firmed about the roots and the hole is nearly filled, the water should be poured in and the hole filled without more firming.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
