11.   The state committed a lot of money, and the investment had begun to pay off as new clinics, vocational programs and housing opened.

12.   Those investments are beginning to pay off.

13.   Decreasing machinery orders in January may indicate corporate investment could begin to wane later in the year.

14.   Fastow used a large batch of Enron stock to back the investment, which became troublesome as both the stock and the investment began to lose value rapidly.

15.   It said decreasing machinery orders in January may indicate corporate investment could begin to wane later in the year.

16.   Thus when investments began to flow elsewhere, banks in these countries came to face their own crisis.

17.   Small-scale investment has already begun.

18.   The exploration and production division had had a good year and past investments were now beginning to bear fruit.