71.   Direct U.S. investment is still higher than that from Russia.

72.   Early indications are that aggregate flows of foreign direct investment to the developing countries did not fall as a result of the peso crisis.

73.   Even Nicholas Brady, the architect of a debt restructuring that bears his name, has a firm to make direct investments.

74.   Even without its stake in Cegetel, Vodafone still has a direct investment stake in SFR.

75.   Falling interest rates, looser monetary policies, rebounding currencies and greater direct foreign investment are also positive signs.

76.   Even then, relying on a partner to find direct investments in small- and medium-sized companies is a challenge.

77.   Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo said the rating also would encourage more Japanese portfolio and direct investments in the Philippines.

78.   For the past decade or so, Japan has been modestly increasing its exports, direct investment and development aid to Latin America.

79.   Foreign direct investment in developing countries has more than tripled in the last five years, and the World Bank expects that to go on.

80.   Foreign direct investment causes problems of a different sort.