The World Bank report said that Asia remains a bright spot in the world economy, and not just China.

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The bright spot in the report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia was that indicators of future activity actually improved.

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One bright spot has been the inflation picture: the central bank forecasts 10%-13% this year, and private projections, 18% (1998: over 60%).

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Banks are typically eager to establish relationships with college kids because they have bright futures as well as the potential to become lifetime customers, engaging in bank offerings from credit cards to checking accounts to investment and retirement portfolios.

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All rooms have oversized workspaces, bright bathrooms and floor to ceiling windows, and the corner rooms have views of the imposing white marble Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

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Wall Street knows me very well, and if I say that Tessera has a very bright future inventing smaller, faster, and cheaper technology for the electronics business, they can take that to the bank.

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