But before you start shorting the stocks of stodgy old companies slow to the Net, consider that it will be some time--a long time--before e-commerce really pays off across Asia.

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The next time a client CMO reviews his or her agency roster, they might want to consider casting a wider net: in the last decade, scores of independent agencies were launched by creative stars who left the big agencies, to become entrepreneurs.

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Consider U.S. net government interest payments as a percent of GDP.

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