In addition to the fall-out from the financial crisis elsewhere in Asia, the Japanese economy has two homegrown problems.
And the place where the absence of an elite spinner is likely to be felt is Asia, where South Africa has its next two Test engagements.
In the last two decades growth has reduced the proportion living in poverty in East Asia from six out of ten to two out of ten.
Carlyle raised its first of three Asia-focused buyout funds in 1999 and has set up two yuan-denominated funds with Chinese partners.
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The 30-year-old Ontarian appeared in 320 regular-season and play-off games in the American Hockey League and has spent the past two seasons in the Asia League, a championship he won twice.
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The bank's South Asia unit has doubled its wealth under management in each of the past two years, said Vikram Malhotra, head of the South Asia global community at the U.K.-based bank.
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But now comes Ootoya, a chain restaurant that has a hundred outlets in Tokyo and two hundred more across Asia.
Ms. KIM BARKER (South Asia Correspondent, Chicago Tribune): This deal has been in the works actually for two months between the Pakistani government and pro-Taliban militants in the North Waziristan area.
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The Asia-Europe summit has ended in London with a declaration of a new partnership between the two continents going into the next century.
With almost 45 years of experience working in these two regions, Eldon, the former chairman of HSBC Asia-Pacific, has built a long career as an advisor to many of the global players in these markets in recent times.
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The number of helicopters in Asia represents only a small percent of the number of helicopters in the United States, while Asia has a significantly larger population and is expected to be a major market for helicopters over the next two decades.
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The two companies are complementary: Henkel has nearly two-thirds of its sales in Europe, while National Starch is strong in Asia and America.
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