If the disease is not brought under control in the next 12 months, Nike plans to move much of it's manufacturing outside of Asia, probably to Latin America. ... American cosmetics company Estée Lauder has said that its sales this year will be effected. Many companies, both American and foreign, with high interest in the region have restricted travel to and from the affected areas. ... Both American Airlines and United Airlines have partially blamed SARS for recent weakening demand. ... Walt Disney says that a decline in Asian visitors could shave admissions at its theme parks in...

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Since 1960 the region's top performers---Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand---grew more than twice as fast as the rest of East Asia, three times as fast as Latin America and South Asia, and five times faster than sub-Saharan Africa. ... Starting around 1995, the American Dollar and the European Monetary Unit began to see serious appreciation. ...

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Globalisation is the process of economic integration in the trade, financial and labour markets leading to the emergence of a single world market. The establishment of globalisation has increasingly affected economic growth, quality of life and external stability. Economic Growth occurs when ther...

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