51.   But business investment has plummeted, which has hit the technology sector particularly hard.

52.   But business investment has not run amok, a common problem in boom times.

53.   But even without the empowerment zone, experts say the tide of business investment in Harlem is about to turn.

54.   But most of it continues to stem from strong consumer demand and a buoyant stock market, heavy levels of business investment and a rebound in many foreign countries.

55.   But thus far, business investment has kept sliding.

56.   But what if the new economy can have the functional equivalent of a financial panic, not in the financial markets but in business investment?

57.   But they expect a decent housing market, steady business investment and rising exports to keep things moving forward.

58.   But this economy is strong, with consumer spending and business investment growing briskly in the first half of the year.

59.   But you have to realize that borrowing is so cheap in part because business investments failed so spectacularly.

60.   By all accounts, the principal weakness in the current slowdown is in manufacturing and in cutbacks in business investment.