51.   Companies with direct investment in Asia are expected to be the biggest losers, although most stocks will probably retreat as investors abandon equities for North American bonds.

52.   Del Solar said the agreement could involve a marketing alliance or a direct investment in Aeroperu by the foreign carrier.

53.   Developing countries won more than four times as much funding last year from foreign direct investment as they received from portfolio equity investments, the U.N. said.

54.   Direct foreign investment is the investment channeled to build or purchase plants, equipment or machinery in Mexico.

55.   Direct foreign investment, someone pointed out, is growing faster than international trade.

56.   Direct foreign investments do throw Americans out of work when companies take advantage of low wages abroad to build factories and then ship goods back into the United States.

57.   Direct investment from abroad has also fallen.

58.   Direct investment in Russian companies is anemic.

59.   Direct investment is rising, too, especially in electronics, one of the biggest manufacturing businesses here and largest exporter.

60.   Direct foreign investment is money spent on building or purchasing factories and buying equipment.