World
Economic Forum Envisages 3 Scenarios For Financial Services Industry
June 25 2007
The global financial services industry faces three possible and
completely different scenarios as a result of a rapidly changing
technological landscape and needs to prepare for all three to survive,
the World Economic Forum said in a special report released during
its East Asia summit, the [Technology and Innovation in Financial
Services: Scenarios to 2020] report on likely scenarios into 2020
is designed to enable companies to ‘stress-test their strategies,
to think about possible futures where their current assumptions
may no longer hold true,’ the Forum said.
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Philippine
Leader Says Creation Of East Asian Community Inevitable
June 24, 2007
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said at the World Economic
Forum on East Asia 2007 in Singapore that the East Asian Community
should play a more dominant role in the global economy and political
affairs as she said the emergence of the EAC is inevitable.
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Rapid
growth of cities seen as threat to Asian prosperity
Khaleej Times, 24 June 2007
Rapid urban growth and widening income gaps are threatening long-term
prosperity and social stability in Asia, government officials, business
leaders and economic experts warned at the two-day World Economic
Forum on East Asia.
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Arroyo
urges China, India to be regional leaders
Economic Times, 24 June 2007
China and India, the political and economic giants of Asia, should
show greater leadership while the United States, the region's traditional
power, is preoccupied in the Middle East, the Philippines president
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said at the World Economic Forum on East
Asia.
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Asia
urged to take lead on global challenges
Servihoo, 24 June 2007
Asia
must take a leading role in tackling pressing global issues and
cope with the impact of rapid growth to preserve its long-term prosperity,
regional officials and business leaders said Sunday.
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World
Economic Forum on East Asia opens in Singapore
Xinhua, June 24 2007
--The World Economic Forum on East Asia opened here Sunday, with
participation of about 300 business and political leaders from 26
countries to discuss East Asia's agenda under the theme "The
Leadership Imperative for an Asian Century."
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India
pushes forwards idea of South Asian parliament
Onlinenews.com.pk, June 5 2007
Pushing forward the idea of a South Asian parliament aimed at bringing
the nations in the region closer, India pledged to carry forward
the theme of regional integration and connectivity by implementing
concrete projects and upgrading regional cooperation.
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The
6th ACD ministerial meeting launched in Seoul
Chinaview.cn, June 5, 2007
At the 6th Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), in Seoul, the South
Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said the increased competition
among countries in a globalized market place and the strengthening
of regional integration are providing good reason for regional cooperation.
The ACD, the only pan-Asian regional cooperation mechanism, allow
Asian countries to forge collective economic strategies to maintain
Asia's competitiveness vis-a-vis other regional grouping, Han said.
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GCC
and India to sign FTA by 2007 end
The Khaleej Times, 4 June 2007
The GCC countries and India are set to finalise a free trade agreement
(FTA) ? a long-discussed issue considered quite significant in giving
a new impetus to their $25 billion two-way non-oil trade? by the
end of 2007.
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U.S.
Commitment to Asia Is Unwavering, Defense Secretary Declares
By Howard Cincotta, USINFO Special Correspondent, June 4 2007
Contrary
to the perceptions of some, the United States remains deeply committed
to a strong, vibrant partnership with Asia across the full spectrum
of economic, political, and security dimensions, Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates said in a broad-ranging policy address in Singapore
June 2.
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