1.   A hearing on hiring both firms is scheduled for Thursday morning in a New York bankruptcy court.

2.   Advertise in minority publications, hire search firms that are inclusive and most importantly spread the word on some other grapevines so more people know it exists.

3.   All were major players in deciding what firms would be hired by Massachusetts public agencies as underwriters and financial advisers.

4.   Christian said he had a mandate to fill in that gap when the Hewlett-Packard Co. hired his firm to find a chief executive to replace Lewis E. Platt.

5.   Companies that hired the firms in past years are reluctant to spend as much now, industry officials say.

6.   Clients could be reluctant to hire a firm that owns parts of a rival.

7.   Fulcrum hired investment firm Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. to explore its options, preferably finding a strategic partner that can provide capital and distribution for its software.

8.   In addition, he hired cleaning firms to tidy up the house.

9.   In her testimony, Ms. Breslaw said that when she hired the Rose firm, she did not know that the examiners had criticized the Castle Grande deal.

10.   It began in November, when the school hired a prestigious national recruiting firm, Heidrich and Struggles, to assemble a pool of candidates.