"The recovery everyone is busily forecasting for Asia in 1999 will just not come, " he says.
Simon Ogus, Hong Kong-based chief economist for Asia at Warburg Dillon Read, is a top bear.
Good news, at least on one front, for Asia's exhausted consumers and policy makers.
Vinayak, a Singapore-based partner who leads investment banking and capital markets for Asia at McKinsey.
"Ihope it won't take long for Asia to increase its presence on the NYSE, " says Shapiro.
Because Europe is a big customer, not only for Asia, but for America too.
Sniffing out fraud and shorting its perpetrators has been a nice earner for Asia's hedge funds.
The combined North American, Latin American and EU trends look very tough for Asia to offset.
Peter Harbison, boss of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation in Sydney, is optimistic.
Particularly for Asia, more than half the population is here while the resources are limited.
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Which is another reason for Asia to use the upswing to get on with the restructuring pronto.
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Mr Shahzad, a father of three, wrote for Asia Times Online and Adnkronos International, an Italian news agency.
That factor underlies our assessment of the best metro areas in the U.S., and it's no different for Asia-Pacific.
But the way Europeans have responded to growing wealth and longevity should serve as a cautionary tale for Asia.
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Does this mean that Hong Kong is completely safe now as a technology center for Asia and for China?
As for Asia, the strategy is to tighten money supply to lower inflation.
But Yonghao Pu, UBS Chief Investment Strategist for Asia-Pacific, says more stimulus is not as simple as it sounds.
Another outbreak of financial contagion, spreading finally to the West, is a terrifying prospect for Asia and urgently needs addressing.
What if Malkiel had extended his testing period to include 1996 and 1997, two dismal years for Asia's emerging markets?
However, the projected growth rate for Asia, the Middle East and Africa is much higher than the U.S. and Europe.
To cap it all, Softbank has announced the launch of new Internet investment vehicles for Asia, Europe and Latin America.
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Every year, UNESCO Bangkok organizes the launch of the EFA Global Monitoring Report for Asia and the Pacific in Thailand.
Steve Felice, president and chief commercial officer at Dell, spent about five years in Singapore as president for Asia-Pacific and Japan.
The slowdown in Europe was gloomy news for Asia, which depend on exports to the region to help drive their economies.
All in all, a cheap yen would be a small price for Asia to pay for a speedier recovery in Japan.
In its search for Asia's most improved cities, Asiaweek tapped its network of correspondents - and then went one step further.
The German bank announced Friday it would launch a three-year touring exhibition program for Asia of art works from its extensive collection.
If the Fed raises interest rates consistently throughout this year, that would be negative for Asia but that is not so probable.
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