Asia is a particular standout, due to its experience with the SARS virus in 2003.
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, Asia is set to become the world's biggest gaming market in 2013.
But Asia is about to prove that when it is not, the reverse is true.
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Although an increasing variety of Asia is represented in the list, some milestones still await.
Another nerve-wracking way to play Asia is through the currencies, which have been in freefall, too.
As dynamic as Asia is today, it is not immune to these same predicaments.
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For many, Asia is the key to reaching a global audience of massive scale.
And if you're looking for something exotic, Asia is usually on sale as well.
But whether in private or government systems, the cost of health care in Asia is ballooning.
Asia is now home to more high-net-worth, or HNW, individuals than any other continent.
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Better physical demand coming out of Asia is also credited with boosting the gold market Monday.
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Asia is also home to the world's cheapest places to live, particularly in South Asia.
"Asia is the best, it's just the best, " says the wiry, bespectacled Mr. Majcen.
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Mr. Hong: I think the future of asset management in Asia is very bright.
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Central Asia is strategically placed at the crossroads between Europe and China, Russia and Iran.
Economies in Europe are also healing, and growth in Asia is expected to improve.
On all these fronts, much of post-Crisis Asia is dragging its feet or simply backsliding.
With bad debts restraining credit expansion, domestic demand in East Asia is also constrained.
In itself, the harm that a weak yen does to Asia is not great.
But the key point I believe is that U.S. policy in Asia is about U.S. interests.
Mr. Liew : Asia is still attractive for investors, but they will be selective.
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What must happen in Asia is that each country will examine its interests and act accordingly.
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"There is no doubt that Asia is very important for future growth, " he says.
Our strategy in Asia is to increasingly build relationships with small and medium-sized companies.
Asia is important not just because it is huge, but because it is growing rapidly.
All the talk in Asia is about whether electronics and high-tech exports will recover in 2002.
Should recession now hit a large part of Latin America, Asia is unlikely to escape the backlash.
But don't the recent market rallies show East Asia is on the way out of the abyss?
The history of consumer items originated in the West, but copied and perfected in Asia is long.
Asia is another story, to the delight of hoteliers who have expanded rapidly in its urban hotspots.
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