1.   Vicente Fox, governor of Guanajuato, spoke in Fort Worth last year, attempting to woo investments in his state.

2.   China has been opening its markets and wooing investment as it slowly makes the transition from a planned economy to a market economy.

3.   Governments should work together with the private sector to implement laws or policies to woo more investment, Ramos said.

4.   He said he was convinced in the United States that South Korea has to reform its inefficient economy to woo foreign investment.

5.   In speeches that opened the summit Tuesday, some leaders urged more open markets to woo foreign investment and others defended the practice of shielding their economies.

6.   India has wooed investment in its cash-strapped power generating sector that was controlled by the government until two years back.

7.   Like other South Korean big businesses hit by a severe economic recession, Samsung has been selling assets and wooing foreign investment.

8.   Mbeki has been a guiding force of market-friendly economic policies, wooing foreign investment and promoting budget discipline and selling off state assets.

9.   North Korean trade officials hosted an investment seminar in Tokyo earlier this month to woo foreign investment.

10.   Now, he is in charge of wooing investment.