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...FlyBy applaud the efforts by all participants, but we're going with entry 4--it's the fastest and perhaps the most party-appropriate music track, making it a good choice to be played at a pep rally...
...them. As Asia searches for a new growth engine to replace the economically sputtering U.S., and as the U.S. looks increasingly to Asia for consumers to sell to and governments to borrow from, the question hovering over the summit is, Can the leaders of the world's fastest-growing region find a new economic model that works for both East and West? (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...concept of linking some of the world's fastest-growing economies isn't new. Various versions of an Asian free-trade zone have been mooted in the past. But with Asian economies leading the world out of recession while America languishes, the topic is coming up with increasing frequency. At a meeting of regional leaders hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Thailand last month, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama proposed an "East Asian community" that would bind together Japan, China, South Korea and the 10 countries of Southeast Asia, plus India, Australia and New Zealand. Hatoyama...
...Asia's exports to the U.S. and Europe declined to 30% of the regional total in 2008, down from nearly 40% in 1998. Over the same period, intraregional exports as a share of total exports in emerging Asia rose to 54% from 46%. "Intra-Asian trade flows are the fastest growing in the world," says Lawrence Webb, global head of trade and supply chain at HSBC. This trend has accelerated since the financial crisis. HSBC predicts that trade among Asian countries will grow at an annual average rate of 12.2% until 2020. The region's trade with...
...ball came out like a wet fish,” Olson said. “I was thinking, ‘Oh no, it’s going to hit the ground.’ He caught it...and he just broke away. Marcus is one of the fastest guys on the team, and he really showed...