11.   It has also hired the firm Rothschild Mexico SA as its financial adviser for the sale of Banpais.

12.   KPMG agreed to write off the fees over three years as long as the company continued to hire the firm for more work, internal memos show.

13.   Less than a week ago, the company installed new management and hired a firm that specializes in turning around troubled companies.

14.   Meanwhile, he said, the boards of buildings must ask themselves if back-office operations have deteriorated since the managing firm was first hired.

15.   Moad said the consulting firm was hired within the past few weeks.

16.   Pierce said he will not have to sacrifice quality to hire minority firms, because all bidders must meet minimum standards of experience and financial stability.

17.   Quintiles is benefiting from an explosion in drug development and drug companies hiring other firms to handle the clinical trials of new drugs.

18.   Representatives of the insurance companies that have hired the firm defended the practice, playing down any implication that they were seeking political help.

19.   Some said they had hired the firm for legal work as well as lobbying.

20.   Sprint also hired outplacement firm Drake Beam Morin to help them find jobs.