Financial markets in much of the region are opening to foreign firms, creating opportunities to get in before the competition heats up.
Clogged ports and airports and poor road and railways connections meant that the region's opening to foreign trade in the 1980s and 1990s brought less benefit than it should have done.
Unable to act as an ongoing supervisor of Asia's financial systems, all it can do is demand reforms that may or may not be carried through (though some, such as opening the region's banks to foreign competition, will be harder to reverse than others).
Resorts across the Alpine region have had to postpone opening and even those that are open have a limited number of usable slopes.
Montel Williams owns five in Denver, Kanye West has the Chicago region, and Queen Latifah is opening a Fatburger in Miami.
Other measures include changes to opening hours in the region's minor injuries units and the closure of some beds in community hospital and reviews of expensive medical treatments and mental health care.
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So our engagement there, the President's engagement in the region, is focused on making sure that countries are pursuing balanced growth going forward, opening their economies, allowing us to expand our exports to the region and create more export-related jobs here at home.
European markets fell after opening on Friday amid fears that the region's debt crisis could spread.
Based on this, participants proposed to create a permanent cooperation network of journalists that would allow sharing information and provide publishing opportunities, not only on issues related to drug trafficking, but on a variety of topics, thus opening new horizons for journalism in the region.
But gold-mining is the new hope for the region, where Barrick, a huge Canadian firm, is opening several new mines.
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Irina Bokova will address the opening of the Ministerial Forum of the Asia Pacific region, in the presence of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina.
Already a prime place for mountain biking, fishing, water-skiing and hunting, the Rotorua Lakes region recently laid claim to hiking as well, with the opening of the 15km Tarawera Trail in December 2013.
However, politicians in the region are keen to break free of Russian influence and seem to be warming up to the idea of opening up their local reserves to foreign energy companies.
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Plan Nord is focused on opening up opportunity for permits, roads, infrastructure, to encourage more mining in northern Quebec, a region rich in diamonds, copper, molybdenum, rare earths and gold.
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