41.   Johannsson added that human resource personnel would be looking into other steps the firm should take in the wake of the scandal.

42.   Kansas City had emerged as a major crossroads for rail and water transportation, and even Eastern firms were taking notice.

43.   No investment firm takes such a step lightly, he and other lawyers said.

44.   Now international firms are taking a dimmer view.

45.   One unorthodox tack his firm has taken in recent years has been to accept equity in young companies in exchange for advice and financing.

46.   Other software firms have taken a different approach.

47.   Other firms are taking slightly different approaches to the problem.

48.   Perhaps no firm has taken advantage of recent technological breakthroughs in transmission speed as much as the Intel Corp..

49.   Reilly said he respects the risks the law firms took and the work they performed.

50.   Securities firms took issue with that finding.