Famous Quotes & Sayings

Beyond the United States, in Asia and elsewhere we have seen where the excessive reliance on bank financing has contributed to financial crisis, ... help China's economy shift from savings to consumption without sacrificing growth.

Big companies are global, and they want to integrate their systems because it is cheaper to work with a single telecommunications company around the world. Our challenge is to globalize our U.S. base, which we are doing at a quick pace, and to help multinationals in Europe, Japan and the rest of Asia globalize their business.

Wilbur Ross

Everybody knows that this wonderful house of cards is going to collapse at some point and everybody is nervous that this kind of situation, as we are seeing in Asia could be the precipitating event.

Stephen Starr

As soon as you enter Buddakan, it transports you to a magical new world, ... You could be in an exotic Asian land or in a sophisticated metropolis like New York or Hong Kong.

The most pleasant surprise and remarkable development in 2005 has been the resilience of the US and Asian economies to record high oil prices.

Strategically, the rise of Asia was very much part of our thinking. You can't consider our naval capacity and not think about the developments out in the western Pacific.

Somebody was going to have to slow the (U.S.) economy down and Asia is now doing the Fed's work for it.

Southeast Asia is changing so rapidly culturally and environmentally. Southeast Asia is just being consumed, so it's now or never.

Notwithstanding ongoing regional integration with China, growth in Asia remains highly leveraged to external demand, and particularly the US consumer, whom we believe to be overstretched." ()

Oil demand elsewhere in Asia has slowed somewhat relative to 2004, but is still growing. Despite some evidence that demand growth has been impacted by higher prices, we believe this is temporarily moderating demand.

Oil damps growth everywhere but the high oil price may well be hurting Asia and Japan a lot more. Oil prices won't be positive for the yen.

Oil could ease back a bit today, though the hurricane season runs into November so we're not out of the woods yet. Asian demand is still pretty strong, so we're likely to see some buying if it goes much below $60.

Dell has not seen the success in China that it's seen in the U.S., and now its top two China guys are gone. It's a crushing blow for Dell in Asia in the same way Johnny Damon signing with the Yankees hurts the Red Sox's chances this year.

Pankaj Mishra

Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa.

John Manley

December, as the last month of the quarter and the last month of the year, is true- confessions month. For the first time we are seeing real, numerical signs that Asia is having a bigger impact on earnings than we expected.

Sometimes you say a new year can bring a clean slate and refreshment, but that's not the case for 2006. 2005 was a tough year, and 2006 will be another tough year. In the U.S. market, I don't see a let-up of the pressure on GM and Ford from the Asian car makers.

Sony was not early in the plasma TV market even though consumers showed interest in it. Other Asian competitors were able to get products out faster and capture the minds of consumers.

The shift has been toward the former Soviet Union to Asian countries. We're seeing a lot in China now that we didn't see in the past cycle.

The shift has been toward the former Soviet Union to Asian countries.

Ang Lee

These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

The stock is down because people are concerned about Asia and the company did the right thing to highlight the concern.

The statement was a lot more forceful than the market was expecting and that has given Asian currencies a strong boost. Japan is going to have to tolerate a stronger currency, like the rest of the countries in the region.

The situation is far healthier. The risk of another Asian crisis is very low.

The sell-off in Asia will probably continue for a few more days, maybe another week.

The stronger economic outlook is positive for the stock market and may encourage more fund inflows to Asian countries such as South Korea and Taiwan. Such flows are supporting the currencies.

The calendar has been prepared keeping in mind the various international senior and junior athletics championships mainly Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, Asian junior and World junior events to be held in 2006.

Avian influenza in Asia poses a very significant public health threat. The disease is prevalent in several countries. It has never been so widespread at any time during the last century.

Avian influenza in Asia poses a very significant public health threat, ... The disease is prevalent in several countries. It has never been so widespread at any time during the last century.

Australia will always be the host of this event but we have become the Asia Pacific fashion week and perhaps some people in other parts of Asia think it's inappropriate to come to an event called Mercedes Australian Fashion Week.

All attempts to bring it under control in Southeast Asia have failed.

All Americans knew was 'The Joy Luck Club' and children of dry cleaners trying to assimilate. The Asia that I was seeing was a world of people who are incredibly sophisticated, and I wanted to represent that side.

We will be investing into PLDT. The Philippines is one of the major hubs in Asia with a large population base and PLDT is shifting from fixed line to mobile. As NTT Communications is involved, we will not have to pay a premium and have a very firm stake of 7%.

We find (the visit) regrettable. I think he should explain to Asian countries why he made the visit today.