At the time, this specialty was "looked down upon and farmed out," in Bennett's words, and so his firm thrived.

Our high-tech firms would thrive in the Chinese marketplace.

Fidelity's funds are lagging and the best fund managers are leaving, but the firm is thriving as a manager of corporate pension plans.

Mr. Bacso said many smaller firms thrived on the same kind of business at the local level.

Some firms are clearly thriving in the new environment.

Still, how to argue when the firm thrived?

Today, despite the recession, the firm is thriving.

A 10-year lease had been signed in December 1989 when the firm was thriving and the overhead seemed reasonable.

The firm thrived as Weis was continuously recognized for his skills as a trial lawyer.

The firm thrived there for most of the twentieth century.