11.   Many of the projects are financed by investors from Taiwan, Hong Kong, the U.S. Export-Import Bank and local Chinese governments.

12.   Low rates are good for bonds because many investors finance their fixed-income investments by borrowing at shorter maturities.

13.   Lower overnight lending rates are seen boosting bonds because many investors finance bond purchases in the money market.

14.   Private investors would finance the canal and recover their investments from operating fees.

15.   The new prison, the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, is run by a private company and financed by investors.

16.   To bolster the Hub, Gulotta wants private investors to finance a new or expanded Coliseum, convention center and hotel.

17.   He said Sudan was counting on foreign investors to finance its projects and he bemoaned the fact that American oil companies were not involved.