The Fund's Asia-Pacific chief Hubert Neiss flew to Jakarta to find a way around the impasse.
Singh, No. 2 to the IMF's Asia chief Hubert Neiss, notes some progress in revitalizing banks.
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Japan hosts about 50, 000 American forces and is a cornerstone of Washington's Asia policy.
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This week's Asia-Europe meeting in London symbolises the strengthening of political ties between Beijing and the European Union.
The 32-year-old will play his 200th one-day international innings in Wednesday's Asia Cup final in Dhaka against Sri Lanka.
Most recently she has served as Newsweek's Asia editor, based in Hong Kong.
Sotheby's Asia has filed 13 lawsuits since 2007 with five cases still unresolved.
Mr. Hong spent most of his career on the sell-side before becoming managing director of Pimco's Asia-Pacific operations in 2010.
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WFP's Asia Director Tony Banbury said hiss agency is also just starting to get the access needed to ramp up operations.
Microsoft's Asia president, Sanjay Mirchandani, is fanatical about being available to all his employees the old fashioned way -- through face-to-face meetings.
"Worried, " he says now, on the eve of the film's Asia opening.
The bank, formed when OCBC in 2010 bought ING's Asia private- banking business, has increased its NRI assets under management by 20% annually.
Christie's Asia says the problem is not a major issue for the auction house today but it was a problem back in 2010.
Under Lawson, whose appointment was contentious, Pakistan lost Test series to South Africa and India and failed to reach July's Asia Cup final.
"Despite the extensive damage we are of the view that the economic costs are manageable, " said Ken Kang, the IMF's Asia Pacific chief.
The BBC's Asia-Pacific Editor, Larry Jagan, considers how easy it will be to dismantle the symbiotic ties between Chaebol leaders and South Korea's politicians.
The first time they could play each could be in next year's Asia Cup, which is being pencilled in for either March or April.
Since their 1999 World Cup encounter in Manchester, India and Pakistan have only played each-other once - in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during last year's Asia Cup.
The company's Asia president is not averse to using technology, however, and he now uses chat room sessions to broaden his communication channels with staff.
Chinese car-buyers, armed with smartphones and computers, scour the world to find out what is the best on offer, says Joe Hinrichs, Ford's Asia-Pacific boss.
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" For his part, Stephen Long, head of Citibank's Asia Pacific corporate banking group, based in Hong Kong, explains: "Buying banks isn't just about price.
Bangkok's SET stock market index is up 7.4% year-to-date, compared to a 1.7% loss for the Bank of New York's Asia ADR (American Depositary Receipts) index.
And U.S.-based Jefferies is also looking to crack the Asian debt market by hiring Royal Bank of Scotland's Asia head of debt capital markets Augusto King.
"Microsoft knows the desktop is changing more in Asia than anywhere else in the world, " says Tom Kendra, vice president of IBM's Asia Pacific software division.
Attilio Capuano, the company's Asia and Pacific director, says opening stores in India's main cities is part of as strategy to strengthen its brand in the country.
Not everybody among America's Asia-Pacific allies is happy either.
Last week, ASEAN firmly backed the inclusion of both India and Pakistan in next year's Asia-Europe Summit - much to the irritation of Australia and New Zealand, which have not been invited.
Deborah Schuler, vice president of the Banking Group of Moody's Asia Pacific, says banks all across Asia were guilty of plowing money back into loans rather than saving their capital for a rainy day.
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