31.   A top U.S. film industry official urged South Korea on Saturday to reduce its trade barriers to give Hollywood movies wider access and attract badly needed foreign investment.

32.   Also Monday, delegations from both Koreas met in Seoul to discuss boosting badly needed investment in the impoverished, communist North.

33.   Analysts said investors were gaining confidence in South Korea after the government of President Kim Dae-jung introduced financial reforms to attract badly needed foreign investments.

34.   Anyaoku said investment funds were set up to help the developing Commonwealth in Africa, the Pacific and South Asia attract much-needed private investment capital.

35.   At the same time, Mead said, Amtrak is putting off needed investments to its core operations.

36.   Bribery and corruption threaten developing countries, destabilize governments and discourage badly needed investments, a U.N. report said Thursday.

37.   But his party is still trying to shed the stigma, as Wijdenbosch seeks desperately needed foreign investment.

38.   Dominican President Leonel Fernandez approved the partial sale of dozens of floundering state industries seeking to slash costs and attract badly needed foreign investment.

39.   Dong Ah says its project will help South Korea attract badly needed foreign investment as well as ease its own financial trouble.

40.   Economic recovery is the most urgent task, and political instability is holding up desperately needed foreign investments, Lilic said.