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Insurance celebration.


METLIFE HAS GONE BOLLYWOOD, with a series of ads aimed at South Asian Americans This page is a list of Asian Americans. Politics
  • 1956 - Dalip Singh Saund became the first Asian immigrant elected to the U.S. Congress upon his election to the House of Representatives.
  • 1959 - Hiram Fong became the first Asian American elected to the U.S. Senate.
 and their $88 billion in disposable income disposable income

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In the campy wedding-themed "Tying the Scarf," celebrants in traditional attire sing and dance while extoling the virtues of life insurance. "Ready This Day" features more song and dance as family members, again clad in Indian dress, emphasize the importance of financial planning Financial planning

Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against
 for college. "This is not India, "they croon croon  
v. crooned, croon·ing, croons

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1. To hum or sing softly.

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3. Scots To roar or bellow.
 in their native tongue. "Education is really expensive."

Both 60-second spots, which use English subtitles, air on national broadcast outlets, including B4U B4U Before You
B4U Bollywood for You (cable television channel) 
, TV Asia, Zee TV, Zee Cinema and Sony TV, as well as in the regional markets of New York/New Jersey, San Francisco/Los Angeles and Chicago. Print ads, which complement the new spots, appear in India Abroad and India Today, among others.

According to MetLife, Asian Americans spend more than the average U.S. household on personal insurance products. These consumers marry earlier than most other Americans and are more likely to start a family by age 30. MetLife and IW Group Inc., produced the commercials, which were shot in Film City, Mumbai, India.
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Title Annotation:ADVERTISING
Author:Goch, Lynna
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Date:Aug 1, 2006
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