Sentence examples for a firm acknowledgment from inspiring English sources

That's why this departing editor wishes fervently that his successor's time will see a redoubled American effort in Iraq, a revival of help from other countries in dealing with that conflict and with others, and a firm acknowledgment by politicians everywhere that the case for international engagement and openness needs to be made continually.

"I didn't want to, and was not willing to, go work for a firm that we had regulated or that we had rescued," he said, an acknowledgment that the Treasury Department does not regulate private-equity firms and that they received no money from the $700-billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Make a firm decision.

Give a firm handshake.

Offer a firm handshake.

Set a firm bedtime.

But the firm's acknowledgment that its earlier analysis was overly optimistic adds to a chorus of concern about the cost of the new systems and the haste with which they have been adopted.

Up to a dozen times a year, regulators also receive an acknowledgment from firms that they breached the rules on customer money, people briefed on the figures said.

In a letter of acknowledgment, the firm wrote: "Certain transactions have been and may further be effected to stabilize the price of the securities covered by this confirmation to facilitate a distribution of securities, in which distribution this firm has an interest.

This is a tacit acknowledgment that financial firms often have a choice over where to base themselves, and regulatory regimes will play a part in that.Britain's financial system, which has served as a model for regulators from Hong Kong to Dubai, is based on broad principles and "risk-based" regulation.

It also booked a $374 million pretax charge in a tacit acknowledgment that it overpaid for Nikko Asset Management, the Japanese brokerage firm it bought in early 2007.