The company has consistently adhered to "high starting point, high standards and excellence, the pursuit of excellence" business philosophy.

公司一贯坚持“高起点、高标准、精益求精、追求卓越”的经营理念。

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A high starting point, high quality, satisfy customer requirements.

坚持高起点、高品质，不断满足客户的要求。

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The company has a high starting point, high quality, high standard brand.

公司一直以高起点、高质量、高标准打造品牌。

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But the starting point was so high that even now the problem remains widespread.

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Although Android may well surpass iOS in the total number of apps (Dan Rowinski of ReadWrite estimates that Google Play will beat the Apple App Store to a million apps by June) the iPhone is still the starting point for most high-quality app developers because its users have repeatably been shown as more engaged than their Android counterparts.

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The starting point may sound paradoxical: high prices.

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Starting on January 1, high income taxpayers will have an additional 90 basis point Medicare tax on wages that exceed a certain limit.

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