51.   David Frost, the head of the Chamber of Commerce in Birmingham, England, said corruption is making foreign investors avoid Kenya.

52.   Investors avoided making major moves ahead of the release Friday of a series of Japanese economic data, including industrial production figures, the consumer price index and unemployment.

53.   Investors have been avoiding stocks of multinational companies on concerns that a strong dollar will erode overseas earnings by making American goods more expensive.

54.   Major domestic investors also avoided taking aggressive positions.

55.   Many investors were avoiding major moves ahead of the release later Friday of U.S. unemployment data for January.

56.   Many Japanese investors avoided significant moves ahead of the results of the Quebec vote.

57.   Many investors avoided significant moves ahead of the start of the first regular Parliamentary session Monday.

58.   Meanwhile, investors should avoid investing in office space, shophouseand retail property, as concerns over the impending glut continue toemerge.

59.   Most currency and stock investors avoided major moves as they waited to hear the results of a Bank of Japan policy board meeting Friday.

60.   Nonetheless, the temptation to capture phenomenal gains is apparently too great for many investors to avoid.