Famous Quotes & Sayings

As we anticipated, the strong U.S. dollar and the Asian economic crisis had a negative impact. What we did not expect was the level of reduction in inventories at dealers in the United States and Europe.

As well as hints from Asian authorities that they are going to diversify, we now have the U.S. acknowledging it. It's going to put the dollar under a bit of pressure.

Astro is the most successful Asian pay-TV operator outside Japan and Korea.

About what happened in Uzbekistan recently, we think it?s their internal affair, but we strongly support the government crackdown on separatists, terrorists, and extremists. We support Uzbekistan, together with other Central Asian countries, combining their efforts in order to maintain peace and development in Central Asia.

It's the whole Asian bloc that's been rallying because of the China story.

It's mainly concerns about economic weakness all over the globe and what it will do to the U.S.. The common refrain has been that the Asian crisis shouldn't have a big impact on the U.S. economy. Now with Russia's problems, people are reassessing that belief.

Ferdinand Marcos

The U.S. State Department has a consistent record of error in the assessment of Asian situations and judging Red Chinese intentions.

The weakness in Asian currencies is dampening demand for gold in the region that is traditionally the biggest consumer of gold. Equities may need to fall much further before investors in the developed world start diversifying into gold.

The Unocal deal gives Chevron the near- to medium-term production growth it was lacking, as well as the potential for future growth from its Asian assets.

The United States is very dependent on Asian bank buying and petrodollars.

East Asian countries share high degree of economic dependence on US investment and its market and they have huge common interest in boosting bilateral economic cooperation with the US

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.

Joseph Estrada

After a brief period of recovery from the financial crises (of 1997-1998), the Asian region is suffering from a mild relapse,

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

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.

David Thomson

Brando clearly was imagining himself as that person. There are several aspects of it that fit with Brando very well; that kind of loner, interested in sailing and the South Seas, drawn to Asian women and eating and drinking.

Even today, the prices in Shanghai are significantly less than any other comparable capital on a global or Asian basis,

Equity markets finished last week on an upbeat footing but the resurgent price of oil and the fact some Asian markets have been closed for the week's opening session to mark the Chinese New Year may make further direction difficult to find in the short term.

Even Asian markets trade more in sympathy than they used to.

John Brady

There's still going to be more refineries down than there were two weeks ago. Some Asian buying has come into the market.

There's still a lot of liquidity; the Hong Kong market is lagging behind their Asian peers, so all this will give support to the Hong Kong market.

There's still a lot of liquidity. The Hong Kong market is lagging behind its Asian peers, so all this will give support to the Hong Kong market.

There's so much emphasis on the economic might of China, of Southeast Asia, Asian 'Super Tigers' and things like that. But nobody was really looking from the perspective of a family story, of these individuals.

There's no end in sight as the Asian crisis will go on for years and this is having a major effect, ... It will trim earnings probably more substantially than many economists expected.

We see continued year-over-year economic growth in the US and Asian economies.

U.S. economic figures are still pointing to strong consumer confidence, which gives positive momentum to Asian exporters to carry into 2006.

We should be pleased to have avoided some of the heavyweights of Asian football. It's a good draw.

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.

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

The work on Iraq, the work on the Middle East peace process and on the Asian financial crisis continues with no effect.

The travel industry is finding that people from all over the world are fascinated with African-American culture, ... particularly Europeans and Asians who have been watching blacks for many years in the movies and through the news media.

What's very tough about looking at the Asian situation is that there are very deep rooted problems in a number of those countries: very high debt, currency problems, economic problems. It may take a while for these to play out.

Peter Gordon

When I started publishing books, I started looking at distribution and realized there were some things that need to be done. The Asian Review of Books is one.