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And thus he holds the letter firm , without permitting it in any wise to vary from the purity of the inner meaning . As mentioned earlier , Japanese firms , after strenuous efforts , have tackled structural problems such as the " three excesses , " and are becoming increasingly active in undertaking business fixed investment . They instead can slip increasingly into other organizational registers of an enterprise application in cybernetic orgware , where machinic time and network space let them work and live as co-accelerant , com-motive , or con-chronous agents of fast capitalist firms , digital design alliances or performative professional groups . Indeed , as I noted before , there are signs that the real estate market may be bottoming out and prices firming , though residential investment growth is likely to be negative for some time . Employing corrupt officials from the targeted bank and a telecommunications firm , the crime syndicate broke into the bank 's computer network , created a virtual banking site linked to the interbank payments network , and was able to divert $ 115 million of the EU aid to Mafia-controlled bank accounts in Italy and abroad before they were discovered . At the counterparty firm , failure to insure that senior management has understood and signed off on the deal may risk the possibility that the terms of the transaction come into dispute . Some observers also claim that Japanese firms , especially in East Asia , are more willing to engage in joint ventures and other forms of inter-firm cooperation than especially American companies and are thus presumably more locally embedded than their Western counterparts . Despite being threatened with jail , he stood firm , and set a precedent that continues to be a model for journalists today . Employed in a variety of settings , including state agencies , universities , and private evaluation firms , these individuals have backgrounds that span the fields of child maltreatment , public health , early childhood programs , and family support . Mr. Nori is a principal of Nori & Associates , his own consulting firm , and is charged with client development as well as client engagement management and execution . NAFTA has benefited corporations and large agricultural firms , but for working people , free trade has increased poverty and precariousness throughout the region . By late last month , when it became apparent that much of the financial strain of last fall had eased , that foreign economies were firming , and that demand in the United States was growing at an unsustainable pace , the FOMC raised its intended federal funds rate 1/4 percentage point , to 5 percent .