41.   By reducing business risk there, he said it has encouraged foreign direct investment.

42.   Clinton proposed direct federal investment of part of the Social Security surplus.

43.   China is the second largest recipient of direct foreign investment after the U.S.

44.   China now attracts more direct foreign investment than any other country in the world.

45.   Colombia has sought to attract direct foreign investment and sell bonds with longer-term maturities, Perry said.

46.   Companies with direct investments in Asia were among the biggest losers although losses were across the board.

47.   Companies with direct investment in Asia were among the biggest losers, although most stocks retreated as investors abandoned equities for Canadian and U.S. bonds.

48.   Companies with direct investment in Asia were among the biggest losers, although most stocks retreated as investors abandoned equities for U.S. bonds.

49.   Cook said manufacturers now look to Mexico for direct investment to take advantage of its free trade agreement with the United States.

50.   Corporate expansions and direct investments will come more gradually, however, since they take more than a phone call to arrange and can be much harder to reverse.