Last year, most global mutual funds had very little in Asia, hence at that point any little positive news could push the market as the funds, having made money elsewhere, returned.
Deterred in part by high prices, Alwaleed has done very little in Asia until recently.
The economy had slowed a little, and Asia's problems could yet have a big effect, but wage pressures continue thanks to an employment market that is at its tightest in decades.
So to the extent that there are some who have found that the United States has been a little underweighted in Asia in the past, that certainly has been a core focus of the President's efforts on foreign policy, certainly as evidenced by this trip even.
As a continental trade port, admittedly, its future is dim: Chilean shippers say that they handle little traffic between Asia and Argentina or Brazil, and there has been only slow progress on building the road and rail links across the continent that could extend the hinterland of Chilean ports.
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Other than the cultural landscape, which has mushroomed to include immigrants from the Caribbean, the Middle East, South America and Asia, little has changed.
But rate cuts would also weaken the region's exchange rates, sharpening their competitiveness and doing little to help economies outside Asia.
Janin highlights isolated communities in Africa and South America as well as remote islands in Asia that have little or no access to safe drinking water as potential beneficiaries of the technology.
Traditionally, banks in developing Asia have cared little for the consumer, other than as a cheap source of funds to be shovelled into the maws of the big companies that were their chief customers.
But their withdrawal in early May exposed the weaknesses of the UN force, which was under-resourced and comprised troops, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, with little experience of working together or of such operations.
Attempts to argue that such events were not global are contradicted by abundant evidence for the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age from East Asia, Australasia, South America and South Africa, as well as from North America and Europe.
Most onlookers still hold little faith that South-East Asia's capital markets will see swift reforms.
This will prove useful to investors looking for companies with little or no exposure to Southeast Asia and Europe.
In 1960 a West German car worker had little to fear from Eastern Europe or Asia.
This is why the slump in Asia has so far had little effect in the United States.
In the past, too little stress was laid on preparing Southeast Asia's peoples for a future in which they will conduct more trade and exchanges with one another than with outsiders.
Both men had extraordinary careers, Mr Lee transforming his little island into a financial force in Asia, Dr Mahathir getting the Malays to work harder than they had ever done before.
Volumes were buoyed by the sales of Nokia's low-end dual-SIM models in emerging markets like Southeast Asia, but were a little soft overall, as initial shipments of Microsoft Lumia phones could not offset declining Symbian sales.
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At the moment KMV gives little reason to hope for a rebound in Asia.
Mr Pritzker made a point of attending the award ceremony, in Europe or Asia or wherever, gave a little speech and saw his creation come to be regarded as the nearest architecture has to a Nobel prize.
Fortunately, that cost may be heading down a little thanks to increased demand for used materials from Asia.
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"I realized that these little syrups developed in Japan did extremely well all over Asia, " he recalls.
Aqua, like America's Backstreet Boys and Denmark's Michael Learns to Rock, first hit it big in Asia where there is less competition and where a little touring goes a long way.
East Asia's saving surplus, in short, has little to do with increases in saving.
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Certainly, Asia's emphasis on work and economic development leaves little excess energy and capital to spread artistic achievement.
Little has been said about foreign policy, and less still about Asia.
Much of the ultra-luxe action is aimed at new wealth from Russia and Asia, where some consumers are buying singular looks with little regard to price.
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Over the past six to eight weeks, however, Asia's troubles have become harder to shrug off as a little local difficulty.
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