Sentence examples for firm floor from inspiring English sources

Until yesterday, he had worked as a salesman for a garment industry firm, Floor Ready Apparel in Secaucus, N.J., where he was a supervisor, often having lunch with prospective clients, the authorities said.

Mr Lyons says gold should be treated as a basic commodity just like food or oil and, just like other commodities, it has a firm floor and a soft ceiling.

A firm floor manager himself, he's often exposed and probably wouldn't have approved of this film.

The lameness estimate was higher in herds with very slippery floors (0.31) than in herds with slightly slippery (0.16) or firm floors (0.16).

The 3-D ad, which will be shown globally, was developed and produced by Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Dusseldorf, along with German production firm First Floor, said Ogilvy spokesman James Happel.

In the same manner that Social Security has protected families after Sept. 11, it also provides a firm, predictable floor of retirement income.

The receiving clerk summons the firm's floor broker, who takes the order, goes to the post where the stock is traded, and participates in an auction procedure as either buyer or seller.

Mr. Sernovitz deftly portrays the atmosphere of crisis, with the overhyped stock plunging, colleagues and clients hammering at Kelch, the firm's floor trader demanding an instant "bad?" "very bad?" "disaster?" (It's the old military clash between combat and intelligence officers).

Unfortunately, it wasn't until October 2003 that the firm's floor operations at the NYSE began.

Cash Money's catalog, which generates double-digit millions for the label each year, offers the Williams brothers a firm financial floor.

The board would represent the interests of the industry and would include Wall Street executives, exchange members like specialist firms and floor brokers, institutional investors, and executives of companies with shares listed on the exchange.