Its marginal rates are high : american companies pay some of the steepest in the world .
它的临界比率很高:美国公司正在缴纳着一些世界上最贵的税。
Even more remarkably , the drop was steepest in america 's big cities which are still popularly believed to be cauldrons of criminality .
更加值得注意的是,虽然美国大城市仍被普遍认为是犯罪的温床,但那里的犯罪率下降却最为明显。
Shares in stanchart slumped more than 16 per cent yesterday to 12.28 , their steepest one-day decline in decades .
昨日,渣打的股价跌至12.28英镑,跌幅超过16%,为数十年来最高单日跌幅。
Microsoft 's assault on google in internet search and search advertising may be the steepest competitive challenge in business today . It is certainly among the most costly .