21.   The government acknowledges that higher royalties could dampen investment prospects in high-risk projects such as marginal fields in the Orinoco River belt.

22.   These offer some good investment prospects but also some risks particular to the region, Popoff said.

23.   The violent fire fight which followed sent Western businessmen scrambling for air tickets and cast a cloud over investment prospects for the former Soviet republic.

24.   They allegedly sent hundreds of thousands of e-mails touting the investment prospects of thinly traded, largely dormant microcap companies whose stock they had purchased.

25.   Two economic conferences opened in Moscow on Monday amid tight security to discuss international investment prospects in Russia, amid renewed reform efforts and improved U.S.-Russia relations.

26.   He will also take part in an Egyptian-American business conference on investment prospects in the Middle East.

27.   A visiting Singaporean trade mission called Wednesday on senior Burmese officials in Rangoon to discuss investment prospects, state-run Burmese radio reported.

28.   Earlier this year, Peregrine signed an agreement with North Korea to explore investment prospects there.

29.   Economy Minister Ghassan Rifai announced Thursday that a World Bank mission will soon visit Syria to assess foreign investment prospects, a priority issue for the Damascus government.

30.   Private analysts said that investment prospects remained bleak, while the tiny Colombo Stock Exchange remained bearish because foreign buyers were keeping a low profile.