And in 1994 rising interest rates took such a toll that the firm could only show profits of 10 percent.

With many firms showing poor performance, shareholder revolts are becoming more common.

At least five firms of lawyer have shown interest in his services, especially one in Toronto.

Several firms showed interest in the Macy's building but no one moved beyond initial conversations.

Nevertheless, the researchers argue that there is no shortage of ways in which a firm could show such favoritism.

Moreover, the privatised firms had seldom showed the expected gains.

A look at a sample of 14 big plaintiffs' firms showed that they won 64 percent of the cases in the study before 2003.

The quality of their scents was much higher than anythin' the big firms showed me.

The insurance company brings an action to try to establish that your firm showed negligence and was at fault.

The firm showed bulging order books, the factory was running at full capacity, and the profits had never been better.