Strong demand for physical gold worldwide, and especially from Asia, continues to underpin the gold market.
Citigroup analyst Bonnie Herzog forecasts strong growth abroad, ranging from Asia to Europe to the Mideast.
Yet demand from Asia, which takes half of Japan's exports, has slowed this year.
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Carmakers were beginning to worry about interrupted supplies of electrical components from Asia slowing production lines.
One was a realisation that the industry was facing tough international competition, particularly from Asia.
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Today, most batteries come from Asia and most oil comes from the Middle East.
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Reports of good physical demand for gold from Asia are also limiting the downside in gold.
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Reports recently of good physical demand for gold from Asia are also supporting gold.
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This was a stellar list, with women from many fields and including women from Asia.
In practice, they provide cheap labour (mainly from Asia) for the garment industry, farming and fish-processing.
Then, the new finished products from Asia would make their way back to the United States.
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Reports recenly of good physical demand for gold from Asia are also supporting gold.
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Reports of good physical demand for gold from Asia are somewhat limiting the downside in gold.
The next largest group, from Asia, accounts for about 27% of the nation's immigrant population.
Huge numbers of migrant domestic workers, mostly from Asia and Africa, are employed throughout the region.
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Online, Forbes.com, ForbesChina.com and ForbesIndia.com reach some 6.8 million monthly unique visitors from Asia.
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There was something about the famous channel that separates Europe from Asia that caught her imagination.
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But it faces competition from Asia as capital accumulates there and the financial-services industry follows it.
Both developments would send out shockwaves bigger than those from Asia's financial crisis of 1997-98.
Immigration from Asia has picked up in recent years, with Asians displacing Hispanics from the top spot.
Malaysia joins Vietnam and Indonesia, which banned all poultry products from Asia's largest economy earlier this month.
New tax measures to curb real estate spending have caused slowdowns in markets from Asia to Europe.
The convertible preference shares were placed with global institutional investors from Asia, Europe and the United States.
Brands, owner of KFC and Taco Bell, for example, derives the majority of its growth from Asia.
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For the largest diamonds, says Kadakia, the most eager bidders come from Asia and the Middle East.
The biggest news in London this week was the fresh influx of newcomer collectors, particularly from Asia.
At present, the airport does not have a runway long enough to take large jets from Asia.
One is that globalisation and competition from Asia (especially China) have put a bigger premium on size.
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In addition, the 10.8-inch Sharp Galapagos tablet has arrived at the FCC from Asia, a large Linux-based e-reader.
The flight for Will from Asia, where he was building the FORBES brand, could have been 12 hours.
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