New breeds of business people in Asia I have met, are forfeiting parts of their profits and moving away from established models of philanthropy.
In a spring swing through Shanghai, Beijing and Southeast Asia I kept looking for the pillars to sustain the global economy, even as the U.S., Europe and Japan must struggle a good while longer.
Each time I go to Asia, I am amazed by hotel energy efficiency.
Ms. EVELYN WOO (Fan): The reason I'm here and I'm coughing up very big money for it is because I think in my lifetime, if I ever had to see him in Asia, I'd be seeing him with 50, 000 people.
For every short-run optimist on India I met on a recent swing through other parts of Asia, I heard another swear off the place.
"So many new races and great races came up in Asia, I could not stop, " he says.
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Switching roles from BBC Southern Africa correspondent to cover Asia, I found myself longing for the open spaces of the continent I'd left behind.
After being introduced by Nisha Desai Biswal, USAID's Assistant Administrator for Asia, I heard from the women about their experiences in their respective fields.
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Years earlier on another trip to Asia, I saw cormorants whose owners had put wire collars around their necks to prevent them from swallowing their prizes.
In Asia, I learned, the productivity of a typical sales associate in beauty products was two-and-a-half times of what we were achieving in the United States.
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If you compare HK Telecom to any other cellular phone company in Asia, I'd say over the medium to long term HK Telecom is a far safer bet.
During a recent trip to Asia, I discovered that the conventional wisdom is wrong and now in a rare instance I will need to change my long-term model for Apple.
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It all began during my first overseas trip to Southeast Asia when I happened to spot that the "in" watch among self-respecting Special Forces operators was a Seiko Quartz Diving Watch.
In a late-spring swing through Shanghai, Beijing and Southeast Asia, I kept looking for the pillars to sustain the global economy, even as the U.S., Europe and Japan must struggle a good while longer.
Since I was quoted by Mr. Lee, I would like to point out an inaccuracy in what he claimed I said in an earlier FORBES ASIA article: I did say that the macroeconomic picture for Thailand remains healthy.
And so what that means, for example, is on issues of trade, part of the reason I'm traveling through Asia this week is I believe that the United States will grow and prosper if we are trading with Asia.
Last night I made a an appearance on CNBC Asia, where I talked about several market related issues and served as guest host.
Although as I've traveled around the Asia Pacific region, I and others have detected a slight sense of unease and uncertainty among government and business leaders around whether the U.S. intends to maintain its role in helping to ensure the political, economic stability of this region, other forms of stability, including the free flow of communication and commerce.
When I first moved to Asia in the 1990s, I was amazed by how much social life revolved around luxury hotels.
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Still, from my Silicon Valley and Startup Asia perspective, I have to admit I was shocked.
They spoke last night, they spoke over the weekend, they met prior to the President's trip to Asia, and I'm sure they will speak again.
Singapore has been an outstanding friend and ally of the United States for many, many years, and so I am very much looking forward to the opportunity to hearing from the Minister Mentor his views on the evolving situation in Asia, as I prepare for my upcoming trip both to Singapore and to other key nations in the region.
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When I was in Singapore at the Asia Mining Congress last week, I was fortunate to be among a group of sharp and intelligent experts across the financial and mining industries.
The few smart economists I talk to fear Southeast Asia's misery spreads to us, but I am a disbeliever.
We have not started Pipeline in Asia yet, although I have a full-time consultant working with us on that.
Finally, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Japan, I will continue seeking new markets in Asia for American exports.
And this was the major topic when I traveled to Asia several weeks ago.
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With this in mind, I traveled to Asia to open a new era of American engagement.
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You know, I was in Asia for a week and we were mostly talking about trade and how we can increase U.S. exports.
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