Sentence examples for firm note from inspiring English sources

When the American stock market opened on a relatively firm note, Treasuries trimmed some of those earlier gains.

Presentations by the firm note that a doubling in fuel costs between 2004 and 2006 eliminated the company's profit margin.

Analysts at Bernstein, a research firm, note that American clinics used to favour an injected drug costing $4,100 a year over an identical oral one which was introduced to the market at a cost of $450 a year.

It is a gesture that, perhaps coincidentally, recurs here and in other recent works by Sir Harrison: the gathering of musical energy into a sure, firm note, and then the deflation in a downward scale.

Speaking at the Presidential Palace, where he was serenaded by schoolchildren and cheered by crowds who pressed their faces against the mansion's green gates, Mr. Aristide touched on a conciliatory but firm note.

Blue-chip shares opened on a firm note, on hopes that the Bank of England might deliver a small cut in interest rates at the conclusion of the monetary policy committee at midday.

As Jaideep Bajaj, at ZS Associates, a sales-research firm, notes, "These firms are caught in a classic prisoner's dilemma.

Charlie Bevis, research director at the firm, noted that Pimco Total Return was in many 401 k)'s.

Several people at the firm noted that Mr. Davis emphasized McKinsey traditions in a statement yesterday.

The firm noted that valuing the company "is challenging," since it is not expected to generate profit until 2014.

The New York office is more formal while the offices in California are more casual, one lawyer at the firm noted.