1.   Wall Street is a famous financial center in New York.

2.   Wall Street is the financial center of the US.

3.   Also these other regional capitals never evolved into the world financial center that Hong Kong is today.

4.   Although Chinese officials predict a greater role for Shanghai as an international financial center, Western experts say it cannot compete with Hong Kong without major reforms and liberalization.

5.   And there are similar securities called global depository receipts that can be listed on stock exchanges in other financial centers, like London.

6.   Argentine Economy Minister Roque Fernandez will visit London next week to promote Buenos Aires as an international financial center.

7.   As a financial center Hong Kong will be helping Chinese companies go public, issue bonds and arrange syndicated loans.

8.   At the same time, Mexico is modernizing, with home computers and cellular phones becoming commonplace in the affluent financial centers.

9.   At the same time, the secretariat hopes to stimulate the private sector by promoting Brunei as a financial center, tourist destination and high-technology center.

10.   Bahrain will continue to prosper as a financial center even if neighboring Gulf states challenge it, he said.