11.   He urged cuts in the tax burden, a streamlining of approval procedures and continued moderate wage increases to promote business investment in both halves of Germany.

12.   His priorities were to manage trade, promote investment and push for more democratic politics.

13.   Iliescu has travelled twice in recent months to the U.S., where he met with bankers and investors in New York and Houston to promote investment in his country.

14.   In China, Ting said, it is important to set up a large number of companies because each region and ministry has its own policies for promoting investment.

15.   Instead, he offered the standard campaign promises of increasing jobs, promoting investment and producing economic growth that would help the millions of Mexicans still living in poverty.

16.   Just last month, with oil prices at their peak, the cabinet approved a package of new measures to promote foreign investment.

17.   Last August, the Finance Ministry announced a package of measures to promote Japanese investment overseas, a move also seen as an attempt to strengthen the dollar.

18.   On Sunday, the government unveiled an economic plan, drafted in collaboration with business and labor leaders, aimed at boosting growth and promoting investment.

19.   Others suggest that the crisis atmosphere is being manufactured as a way of promoting private investments.

20.   Peru wants to promote private sector investment outside the capital by offering concessions on public services and industry.