21.   -- More favorable tax treatment of business investment in plants and equipment.

22.   A drop in business confidence, along with overinvestment in the technology sector, will keep business investment from rising quickly, Jones said.

23.   A couple of investment experts are scheduled to speak, one of whom is president of SpaceVest, one of the leaders in space business investment.

24.   A trade agreement has been viewed as vital to opening new markets and spurring business investment.

25.   Above all, business investment, whose plunge led us into this slump, has yet to show any serious signs of life.

26.   Alan Greenspan and the Federal Reserve have cut front-end interest rates to a nub but long-term rates have stayed stubbornly high, discouraging business investment.

27.   Also, a boom in business investment, by raising industrial capacity, is helping keep prices in check, Meyer said.

28.   Buoyant stock prices, he said, were fueling consumer spending and business investment to such a degree that overall demand in the economy was outstripping supply.

29.   Business investment should also remain strong, Guynn said, as companies substitute capital for scarce employees.

30.   Business investment started dropping more than a year ago, especially in technology sectors.