11.   Mexican shares fell after disappointing first-quarter earnings at several companies drove away investors.

12.   Nor can they hike business-related fees and tariffs without scaring away foreign investors.

13.   Once its provisions are put into effect, many hurdles that have driven away American investors will be removed.

14.   Rather than scaring away investors, perhaps an election would have sent a signal that Lebanon was gaining stability.

15.   Securities firms say that scared away investors who might have jumped in to buy.

16.   That has raised the price of food and other imports and frightened away foreign investors.

17.   The Contemplacion case has frightened away investors from Singapore, the authoritarian city-state that had been a large source of investment in the Philippines.

18.   The implication is that an election would have caused damaging domestic tensions, frightened away foreign investors and delayed economic recovery.

19.   The lack of political direction is keeping away foreign investors, who helped to drive the market higher earlier this year, traders said.

20.   The proposal could bolster business by making commodities trading look less prone to wild swings, which have been known to frighten away potential investors.