All that can be said for sure about Asia's troubles is that they are serious, and that the risk of them spreading to the rest of the world is also serious.
In business and real life, following conventional wisdom in a hyper-changing world can have serious consequences.
The envy of the rest of Europe and most of the rest of the world is having serious trouble in the seemingly simplest of things - merging with one another.
The event sends a strong message to our military, our veterans and all Americans, that we as a nation, and our partners around the world, are serious about addressing these concerns.
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As a result, consumer and business confidence is at very low readings, and stock markets around the world are in serious corrections, many down more than the 20% that marks their entry into bear markets.
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The Maytas debacle "raised serious credibility issues for Satyam and the board, but I don't think the World Bank issue is a serious problem, " Chowdhry said.
The Y2K bug, while not the end of the world, is a serious issue.
Yet to somehow prove to the world that Japan is serious about integrating into a global culture, its leaders have come up with an admirable-sounding but absurd recommendation.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency has classified the Tokaimura accident, which was the worst in Japanese history, as level four on its seven-point scale, making it the world's most serious since the level-seven disaster at Chernobyl in 1986.
The threat to the world economy and to Britain was as serious today as it was in 2008 when world recession loomed.
And there really are still many parts of the world where this is a serious threat.
Given the gloom, continued ship-building will only put off the day when the world's lines make serious money again.
And, from time-to-time the world ending tomorrow is a serious possibility, so there is useful work to be done here.
These are responsible for a wide range of environmental and socio-economic pressures that pose a serious threat to World Heritage properties.
I'm going to shut that program down, and we're going to make it clear to the world, we're serious about containing nuclear proliferation.
While on the surface it looks good for Democrats to embrace those in the faith world, there are some serious potential land mines they are going to have to confront.
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So a little fiddling of the books in the US has some serious repercussions around the world.
Police say the money used from the sale of forgeries is funding serious crimes around the world.
Lastly, those of us who care about social justice have to face some serious realities that the world around us has changed.
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Why, too, was Equitable allowed to present two quite different faces to the world as the problem became more serious in the late 1990s?
However, its enduring legacy may be greater still if it results in serious efforts around the world to adapt to the inevitable consequences of climate change.
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In the real world, this is a very serious concern.
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The world faces a wide range of serious, complex, and long-term water challenges, from shortages to contamination to local and regional disputes over water to long-term climate changes.
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The Italian vote left the market place wondering when the next shoe will fall in the EU debt crisis that remains a serious matter in the world market place.
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But everybody here is very keen to at least make people in the streets, in the Arab world and in the Muslim world believe that they are intensely serious about this.
The World Wide Fund for Nature says a third of the world's forests are under serious threat from climate change -- with dire implications for the species that live in them.
But we still face serious threats around the world.
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This is a positive sign to us, as it indicates that ethics is becoming a serious issue around the world, and foreign companies are more frequently developing best-in-class ethics and compliance programs than in prior years.
During the session, World Heritage Committee members will examine the state of conservation of 169 properties including the 34 sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger because of serious threats to their outstanding universal value.
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