What's worth flagging about the meetings this year is that the Eminent Persons Group, a small group of distinguished Americans and representatives from each of the 10 ASEAN countries, have been working throughout the year since they were convoked in Bali to develop some recommendations to the leaders -- a report that ought to be coming out shortly.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

As president and CEO of the country's pre-eminent luxury retail group, Iguatemi, the 40-year-old power player is supremely tuned in to the appetites of his country's growing class of affluent connoisseurs.

WSJ: Carlos Jereissati, Renaissance Man

Both sides hope that an answer to this impasse may come from an advisory group of eminent central bankers, due to visit Buenos Aires next week.

ECONOMIST: Argentina's presidency

Compiled by a group of eminent scientists and published in the U.S. journal 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)the report suggests that greenhouse gases are rising at a faster rate now than they did in the 1990's.

CNN: Topical waters

It worked: Chicago dealer Kavi Gupta took one look at the towering wooden "thrones" that Gates started building and agreed to take a group to the country's pre-eminent art fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, in 2009.

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Louis the city grabbed 24 buildings owned by a housing ministry called Sanctuary in the Ordinary, cited the group for illegally displaying a mural ("End Eminent Domain Abuse"), then denied its application for a sign permit.

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