"Of all the issues I heard while in Asia, getting our fiscal house in order was No. 1, " said Sen.
My global education began in 2000, while travelling in Asia on assignment for an investment bank.
Those close to him say he once stopped off here while traveling in Asia and liked it.
In the U.S., Starbucks saw same store sales rise 7%, while in its Asia Pacific Unit growth hit 10%.
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In the U.S. the figure was 98.7 liters per person, while in the Asia Pacific region, it was just 22.1, according to research consultancy International Wine and Spirits.
The share of the population that is Christian in sub-Saharan Africa climbed from 9% in 1910 to 63% in 2010, while in the Asia-Pacific region it rose from 3% to 7%.
In fact, the Japanese should have a head start: DoCoMo is scheduled to launch 3G mobile services in Tokyo next May, while carriers in Europe and Asia aren't expected to follow suit until the summer of 2002.
One British finance chief recounts how, while he was in Asia in autumn, he got a call from a colleague with news of the first wave of banks' partial nationalisations.
North America and Europe suffered declines in economic freedom over the past year, while economic freedom increased in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
The two companies are complementary: Henkel has nearly two-thirds of its sales in Europe, while National Starch is strong in Asia and America.
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It will be more broadly distributed -- maintaining our strong presence in Japan and the Korean Peninsula, while enhancing our presence in Southeast Asia.
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Volumes in both snacks and beverages increased 5% in Europe, while snacks increased 15% in the Asia, Middle East and Africa region.
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European stocks hauled themselves out of a week of languishing in the doldrums to trade higher on Friday, tracking shares in Asia while also digesting reports that the board of Citigroup was meeting on Friday to discuss whether the bank should sell itself.
Skis were widely utilized in Central Asia and Europe, while snowshoes were common in the New World - probably because snow was more compact and less soft in the Old World, theorizes Huntford.
Allergan will have exclusive rights to the drug in the U.S., Europe, and Canada, while Spectrum will retain the rights in Asia, including China and Japan.
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Export volumes to the United States are falling, while the growth in exports to Asia and Europe is slowing.
The West is more financially strapped while Eastern economies, especially in Asia, are growing faster, saving and spending more.
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While Asia has gained in power and influence, it has yet to fully take up its responsibilities for the larger world we share.
Japan's stock market jumped 3%, clawing back most of the losses over the previous two sessions, while shares in the rest of Asia slipped.
The commitment comes as economics are changing for making goods overseas: Labor costs are rising in Asia, while oil and transportation costs are high and increasingly uncertain.
While much of the weakness in Asia was attributed to simple profit-taking, American and European investors seemed more perturbed by the idea that a divided U.S. government would hamstring investment initiatives by private companies.
The number of helicopters in Asia represents only a small percent of the number of helicopters in the United States, while Asia has a significantly larger population and is expected to be a major market for helicopters over the next two decades.
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Instead, they juggled military actions in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Caucasus, while monitoring unrest in Latin America and Africa.
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The first is changes in allocation of global funds to Asia, while the second is that investors are reluctant to participate in the markets at all.
While the Crisis has dominated Asia in 1998, it did not crush everything in its impact zone.
This style of spa has been popular in Asia for a while, but is now expanding to other parts of the world.
Last week, HTC introduced a similar model with a larger screen called the Sensation XL. Both Sensation devices are sold in Europe and Asia while the Rezound is targeted at the U.S. market.
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Mr Jenkins said in his review that he planned to focus investment in the UK, the US and Africa, while reducing the bank's presence in continental Europe and Asia.
Its algorithmic systems are trading securities in 32 nations, from Europe to South Africa and Asia, while also making huge inroads into the execution of transactions in options, currencies and futures.
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