The number of women who made partner at the Big Four firms this year has dropped by a third.

今年以来，四大中女性合伙人的数量已经下降了三分之一。

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This year is going to be more competitive than ever and the big four are there ready for a good start.

他说，“今年的竞争比以往都激烈，有四只球队已经准备好启航了。”

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It amounts to 14% of this year's estimated GDP and, in dollar terms, is four times as big as America's fiscal stimulus earlier this year.

那个数额相当今年预计GDP的14%，若以美元计，将四倍于美国今年早些时候实施的财政刺激计划。

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Brian Stenson at the Rockefeller Institute points out that in four big elections this year in Arizona, California, Connecticut and Maryland the incumbents are all cutting taxes, spending more on schools and making a show of replenishing budget reserves.

ECONOMIST: The states

We're expecting to hear more in a live announcement at 10am, but this was no big surprise: four-year terms are the norm for a chairman and it was widely expected that he'd be amongst the officials replaced during Obama's second stint in office.

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Nobody wants to follow the four big listed companies that went into receivership this year.

ECONOMIST: Corporate Japan goes to waste