I believe that the United Kingdom can stay at the forefront in leading the world's growth and development and also continue to play an important and even bigger role for regional stability and global peace.

Openness has been vital to Asia's fast growth in the past and it will continue to be crucial for the area's further development.

In the past, proactive fiscal polices almost always meant just more investment and an increase in the fiscal deficit.

We must keep prices under control to ensure that price increases do not exert a major negative impact on people's lives.

I take a very unselfish approach to my job and what I do because people spend their hard-earned money to enjoy what we do. And our goal is to deliver the best show possible. If I can contribute to that, great.

As a former economy minister, I can't not think about economic growth. The central bank should also think about this but through its own instruments.

Just take yourself back to September 2001. As that month went on, and as that autumn unrolled, everybody wanted to do something. How can I help? Do you want my blood? Do you want money for the victims? I was a captain in the Marine Corps. I knew what I could do. I was right there. I was ready. I saw it. I moved the rubble with my own hands.

There's almost too much venture capital in India - there are issues with seed capital, but for venture capital, there's a lot money chasing deals here.