31.   In Cuba, which Jiang visited over the weekend, Chinese investments are helping to build a new waterfront hotel in downtown Havana.

32.   Japanese businesses and government officials say investment can help speed up democratic change in Burma.

33.   Later investments helped his fortune grow.

34.   Romania badly needs foreign investment to help with its reform efforts, and some leaders said such political instability hurt.

35.   Private enterprise has spurred development, the report said, but only in countries where large official aid investments had helped to bring stability.

36.   Rising public investment is helping to rein in production declines, but private consumption remains stagnant and corporate profits continue to worsen, the Bank of Japan said.

37.   South Korea hopes to tap the potential Russian market, and Moscow wants South Korean investment to help revive its sputtering economy.

38.   The investment would help attract more multimedia investors and would have spinoffs for local content producers.

39.   The investment helped the bank improve its profits and expand through acquisitions.

40.   The panel said foreign investments would help Iraq export more oil and thereby provide more money for the U.N. humanitarian program in the country.