Decisions about business investment are even starker.

If we use a business analogy, investment phase.

They also help companies take informed business and investment decisions.

(a) Legal aspects of foreign investment and international business transactions

Our business representatives came with me to present large scale investment projects.

That would weaken the stock market, lower business investment, and impede economic growth.

The Ugandan Government would strive to create an enabling investment and business environment.

We know it is also crucial to improve the business and investment climate.

Such partnership schemes sometimes involving business associations and international institutions also exist with a view to identifying business investment opportunities in LDCs.

Business investment is also weak, even though large corporations have very high cash balances.

Lower share prices will now have negative effects on consumer spending and business investment.

Business coverage gained prominence in the 1990s, with wider investment in the stock market.

Malawi offered a good business climate and many investment opportunities that should be tapped.

Investment was directed primarily towards mining service and supply, small commercial business and ranching.

Although corporate profits and business investment have been increasing, business sentiment remains cautious, because growth in Japan remains heavily dependent on external demand.

In May 2004, he led an investment mission of 500 Brazilian business entrepreneurs to China.

South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo explains why investing in Africa can make great business sense.

Investment banks had transformed their business in ways their managers and boards clearly did not understand.

The higher interest rates would also apply to corporate bonds and bank loans, weakening business investment.

The most recent measure of orders for nondefense capital goods signaled a decline in business investment.

In terms of outward FDI policies, several developing countries have established outward investment agencies (OIAs), whose primary function is to promote and facilitate investment abroad by helping domestic enterprises develop international business links and pursue overseas business opportunities.

In a globalizing world, competition for foreign direct investment focuses on the establishment of a good business environment and investment incentives, consistent with national development objectives.

First, governments need to adopt urgent business climate reforms in order to foster investment, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

On the business side, investment and employment follows demand once the inventory cycle has run its course.

Still, overall, business investment excluding construction has returned to 10 of GDP (from 10.6 before the crisis).

This is my first investment in media but I have a background in business for many years.

At the same time, informal integration, which is business and investment led, has also made substantial progress.

And business investment in gear in equipment and hardware and software is at an all time high.

I was in the business world profitability and efficiency, return on investment those were my watch words.

Improvements in the business environment as well as increased investment outlays especially in the agri business sector also provided an impetus to growth in non metal exports.

The Africa Asia Business Forum aims to stimulate trade and investment between countries in both regions, bringing together business representatives to discuss possible joint ventures, bilateral agreements, enterprise exchanges and a variety of business instruments.

However, private business will not step up investment unless there is a clear policy direction for the economy.

Continued fiscal expansion is certainly not the answer, as it ultimately damages both private spending and business investment.

These included the establishment of a business centre in Nairobi and strengthening formal bilateral trade and investment ties.

78. For more privileged women, mining is also an alternative, a business opportunity and a long term investment.

We will create a business friendly environment that will be conducive to new investment, both local and foreign.

Now, the Euro was a newly born currency of great opportunity for business, and, of course, for investment.

Financial markets, through which investment is made, were always liable to collapse when something happened to disturb business confidence.

In fact, fixed business investment as a share of GDP is some 2 lower today than 4 years ago.

Throughout the world, the business sector remains both the predominant performer and the predominant funder of R D investment.

In August 2001, he wrote that, The driving force behind the current slowdown is a plunge in business investment.

The main areas of concentration of foreign investment are tourism, real estate and property development, international business and telecommunications.

Second, information about markets, technologies and investment opportunities must be provided to decision makers and the business community, so that the spread of gains from trade and investment is not constrained.

Indonesia, for example, has experienced accelerating growth, with rising business and consumer confidence boosting investment to almost 33 of GDP.

At the same time, it has intensified the development of a climate favourable to foreign investment and safe business conduct.