71.   Foreign companies rarely invest there, preferring Ireland or Britain for lower taxes and fewer regulations.

72.   Fred Gorell, a spokesman for ChevronTexaco, said the company has invested in Dynegy as a means of participating in the energy marketplace.

73.   Governments in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Scandinavia are among those preparing legislation to allow foreign companies to invest in building cable television networks.

74.   He declined to say how much the companies will invest in Europe.

75.   He also said the company would invest in other businesses, perhaps trading services for a stake in new firms.

76.   He declined to say how much the company would invest in the program.

77.   He said that concerns about weak financial markets, where insurance companies invest the premiums they collect, had affected their share prices.

78.   He would not say how much News Corp. was spending on the new site, nor would he say how much the company had invested to date.

79.   His privately held company has invested billions of dollars in digital TV, much of it by buying rights to Hollywood movies.

80.   However, if this figure is positive and keeps growing, that could mean the company is not investing enough in its business.