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Foreign affiliates now account for one-tenth of world GDP and one-third of world exports, the agency's World Investment Report said.
BBC: World investment falls by half
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Their World Investment Report put China in the No. 1 spot for FDI over the next two years and beyond, followed by the U.S., India, Indonesia and Brazil.
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"Calpers will be sending very strong signals to those countries that all is not right and there are concerns and that is a good thing to happen, " Tessa Tennant, who recently set up a lobby group in Asia, the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment told the BBC's World Business Report.
BBC: US pension fund quits Asian countries
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The report outlines 2008 spending and investment habits of the world's richest people.
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Gold prices are still feeling the negative effects of a bearish report from the World Gold Council issued Thursday, which said investment demand for gold declined by 10% in 2012.
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Gulf States in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) are said to be considering plans for a value added tax (VAT) by 2015 while also lowering corporate tax rates to increase foreign direct investment, according to the Paying Taxes 2013 report conducted by the World Bank, IFC and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
CNN: UAB Chief: Gulf States will tax eventually
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In a 124 page report, Barclays Capital, one of the biggest investment banks in the world, gave their clients some advice on Thursday.
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