But he says investment has risen from four percent of national budgets to probably five and a half percent today.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

Last week, the government lost its case against two managers at Bear Stearns, the first investment bank to fail last year.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

The World Economic Forum will also discuss global warming, investment in low-carbon forms of energy in developing countries and other issues.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

They say African governments have to increase their investment in agriculture in order to fight problems related to climate change.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

But they reflect the Obama administration's commitment to a new approach to development -- one based on investment,not aid.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

At that time, schools of higher learning usually were supported by people interested in profits from their investment.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

And there may be another explanation: pressure from parents to get a good return on the family's investment.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Business was so good that a five thousand dollar investment in the cattle industry could make forty-five thousand dollars in four years.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

In Washington, President Obama wants to sign an economic recovery and investment plan by the middle of February.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

Still,it says, there is an immediate need for the international community to continue and increase its investment in the fight against malaria.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

And both had to pay far higher rates than Germany, the safest investment in the euro area.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Here,a former official of Goldman Sachs investment bank explains what his group did before the financial crisis.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

The government said increases in consumer spending and exports and improvements in business investment led the growth.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

But it was the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes who understood that chocolate could be a valuable investment.

VOA: special.2010.02.17