41.   Both countries depend heavily on foreign capital.

42.   Both moves are designed to attract foreign capital.

43.   Brazilian officials have repeatedly argued that the flood of foreign capital will easily offset the worrisome trade gap.

44.   A continued drop in U.S. stocks would make dollar-denominated investments less attractive to foreign investors and could cause foreign capital to flee the U.S.

45.   A country whose currency is under siege needs to attract foreign capital to keep factories and other business afloat.

46.   A flood of foreign capital moved into these emerging free-market economies and pushed stocks to euphoric levels.

47.   A massive surplus, which reduces the need to import foreign capital, is a key to the recovery plan.

48.   A stable currency and falling annual inflation rate are pulling more foreign capital into the country, causing the koruna to strengthen and making exports even more expensive.

49.   But even as politicians seek to bring in more foreign capital, they resist the idea of foreign control.

50.   But in time, they could also win back foreign capital, spurring the economy and raising the currency reserves the nations need to pay their overseas debts.