firme in English:

Utility companies supply electricity.

I hear the governor's been getting money under the table from tobacco companies.

Management practices at Japanese corporations are often very different from those at foreign companies.

How many women do you know that are managers with high levels of responsibility in Italian companies, public or private?

The official was suspected of accepting bribes from the construction companies.

Into this broad category fall companies that run money lending and insurance businesses.

A generous tax break will be provided to foreign companies that set up factories in the area.

Japanese companies have set up factories on every continent, and Japanese banks help finance many of the world's major economic programs.

Insurance companies everywhere are facing hard times and have become even more tight fisted about payouts.

Depending on the results both companies may be put under administrative guidance from February.

Part of why corn syrup is in everything is because massive corn monocultures have created a surplus that agriculture companies are scrambling to get rid of.

As soon as one airline announced its plan for airfare reductions, the rest of the companies followed suit.

Godzilla will never ever destroy the Imperial Palace nor the signboards of the sponsoring companies.

For some companies their treatment of their employees or clients at any given time could affect their share prices and so inevitably have a great influence on the company’s success or failure.

2ch, where there are many posts praising specific companies, or, conversely, denigrating their rivals.