Japan Airlines is likely to face slumping growth this year as Asian economies slow.
America's slump is likely to be deeper than in 2001 and Asia is now more integrated into the global economy than it used to be.
Yet any price slump is likely to be less severe than in 2008, when oil prices crashed by more than $100 a barrel in six months.
America's high-tech slump is likely to have the biggest impact not in Thailand, however, but in the region's electronics powerhouses, Malaysia and Singapore.
Young and single workers may choose to move on, but migrant families, especially, may conclude that they are better off claiming welfare in rich countries than returning home.Lessons from historyA global slump is likely to change migration flows significantly.
The company hasn't issued any major updates to the device range since the iPhone 6 was launched in September 2014, which is likely to have contributed to the slump, but also the recently launched lower cost iPhone SE appears to have cannibalised sales of the more expensive flagship devices.
Whatever OPEC tries to do, a growing number of experts say that a combination of weaker global growth and slumping demand is likely to keep pushing oil prices down in coming months.
Marks & Spencer, the British clothing retailer that has been struggling to rebound from slumping sales, is likely to appoint Roger Holmes chief executive, succeeding Luc Vandevelde, left, who would remain chairman, a spokeswoman, Sue Sadler, said.
Tokyo Electric does not deny that the fuel may have burrowed into the ground, but its officials say that "most" is likely to remain within the reactor, albeit slumped at the bottom in a molten mass.
