As time wore on David began to look outside to Malaysia and China, where a bigger middle class was starting to emerge.
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In three critical markets, Thailand, Malaysia and China, AIA has special rights to operate independently, free from laws requiring local joint-venture partners.
After the opening race in Melbourne, the elite division of motorsport heads to Malaysia and China before the Bahrain Grand Prix -- scheduled to take place on April 22.
No surprise that contract manufacturers for electronic gear have sprung up in Malaysia and China, where skill levels are high but labor costs only a fourth what it does in the U.S. GM's former parts-making subsidiary, Delphi, which opened its first plant in Mexico in 1978, now has 55 plants there.
After naval clashes with Vietnam and the Philippines -- which claim parts of the South China Sea alongside Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan -- China has further angered its neighbours by printing a map of its extensive maritime claim, known as the "nine-dotted line" in new passports.
The first "Qian Hu--The Pet Family" shops opened in Malaysia, China and Thailand in 2004.
"The way people buy has changed completely, " says Amelia Johnson, owner of the Hong Kong gallery Amelia Johnson Contemporary, which represents artists from Macau, Japan, Malaysia, Australia and China.
In the past year and a half, China, Malaysia and Indonesia have reined in mortgage, credit-card or motorcycle lending.
Overseas, Dell has one facility in Hortolandia, Brazil, two in Ireland, one in Poland, and one each in China, Malaysia and India.
Environmental advocates say the solar industry needs greater transparency, which is getting more complicated as manufacturing moves from the U.S. and Europe to less regulated places such as China and Malaysia.
The group expanded and now operates 16 hotels in Hong Kong, China and Malaysia under several brands.
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Recruiting fairs are held in Asian countries to promote interest in UK universities - and campuses of UK universities have opened in countries such as China and Malaysia.
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Brian Krzanich, Intel's vice-president of manufacturing, says labour costs are an important consideration in processes such as assembling and testing systems, which are carried out in Costa Rica, Vietnam, China and Malaysia.
Service is also being extended to Singapore, Malaysia, India and eventually China.
He spent 10 years in Asia as a financial controller for AMD Penang and group finance director for AMD's Manufacturing Services Group across Singapore, Thailand, China and Malaysia.
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Button also won in Malaysia and was third in China to top of the drivers' standings ahead of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, ensuring the Brackley-based team have suddenly become a hot ticket.
He leads employee rallies, presides at the debut of new shops and opens up new offices (China, Thailand and Malaysia are recent additions).
That's added some 27 million square feet of shopping space to cities like Beijing and Guangzhou in China and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
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Sonos is a privately-held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in Cambridge, MA, Hilversum, Netherlands, Beijing and Shenzhen, China, and Penang, Malaysia.
Manufacturing costs in the U.S. are generally higher than those in countries such as China and Malaysia.
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The Reds plan to visit China, Malaysia and Korea during a summer pre-season tour of the Far East.
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In China, Malaysia and Russia, eight out of ten respondents said that they could not think of anyone.
"The first was when low cost manufacturing shifted from the west to China, Malaysia and so on, " he explains.
Transparency International ranks the nation 95 in a list of 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index, worse than several other emerging Asian rivals like China and Malaysia.
Badminton is hugely popular in Asian countries such as China, Malaysia and Indonesia, and the organisers of the Indian league hope some of that success might rub off.
Since China and Malaysia peg their currencies to the dollar, and many other Asian countries track it closely, Japan and the euro area would bear the brunt of the dollar's fall.
Back in Asia, Tuchman has big plans and new help: Richard Bledsoe, whom he lured from PeopleSupport (now part of India's Aegis) in January, oversees the region, which includes operations in China and Malaysia.
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