1.   American investment banking firms have been in London for more than a decade, but European banks have arrived more recently.

2.   American investments have increased in the Philippines, in banking, refining, in the automotive, semiconductor and electronics industries.

3.   American investment bankers are still plugging away looking for business in developing countries such as Thailand, Indonesia or Malaysia.

4.   American investment creates jobs and brings technology to China.

5.   American investment, including that of New York financier George Soros poured in.

6.   American oil companies, the largest players on the energy-rich Caspian Sea, are expressing growing exasperation with the White House policy forbidding American investment in Iran.

7.   Amid the tide of good feelings that prevailed last year, the Enron project was lauded as an example of all that American investment could accomplish in India.

8.   American investment bankers specializing in high technology have already drawn the interest of foreign buyers.

9.   American investment banks have made no secret of their desire to steal that business away from Europe-based rivals.

10.   And American investment banks are gearing up their overseas operations to help buyout firms acquire companies abroad.