31.   Such big-ticket investments have had long-term, high-yield payoffs and were once the ideal investment for life insurers.

32.   That way you can be assured your investment has at least some protection.

33.   That said, the export sector has been extremely strong, as has investment spending in technology by Japanese companies.

34.   They will invest, but only if they are confident the investment will have a payoff.

35.   To be sold in Georgia, most legitimate investments have to be registered with this office.

36.   Yahoo zealots are rationalizing the share rise as an affirmation that their investment has a better business model than AOL.

37.   Yet as the Siemens example showed, foreign investment has two very sharp edges.

38.   Foreign investment has yet to materialize.

39.   He also stressed the positive political effect the investment would have in the region.

40.   However, future investments will have to be revised should the economic slowdown continue into the year.