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firms

noun

plural of firm

as in companies

a commercial or industrial activity or organization merged with another firm to become a major player in the brokerage business

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Recent Examples of firms The plaintiffs, represented by the law firms Poolson Oden and Grant & Eisenhofer, alleged that Union Pacific failed to provide adequate protective equipment or warn employees about hazardous exposures. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Big tech firms in the US are pouring billions into advanced nuclear power to feed energy-hungry artificial intelligence. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 Thatâ€™s $280 billion from firms like Singaporeâ€™s Bitdeer, Australiaâ€™s Graphinex, Belgiumâ€™s UCB, South Koreaâ€™s Korea Zinc, and Japanâ€™s Isuzu Motors, spread across more than 345 projects. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The situation is similar for business owners cashing out and executives with hefty stock compensation packages, and for employees at firms that have gone public in recent years. — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 Increasingly, banks are looking beyond their own industry for talent, bringing in executives from tech firms, retailers, consulting practices and other adjacent fields. — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Full enforcement of the FLR begins earlier, in December 2027, but there’s still more than a year of runway for firms that are proactive. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 Its membership spans producers, executive producers, distributors, sales agents, technical and post-production firms and dubbing houses. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 Over 20 major firms, including convenience store chain Lawson and car rental operator Times Car, have reported attacks, according to The Financial Times, leading to the loss of tens of millions of pieces of customer data. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026

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There’s a reason some of the planet’s oldest companies can be found in Japan.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Culver City’s mix of Hollywood studios, tech companies and available office space is drawing a growing cluster of AI filmmaking startups eager to reshape the industry.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

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