In 1993, foreign investment came to a relatively paltry $9 billion.

Q. How much direct investment is coming to your state through these deals?

Foreign investment virtually came to a standstill in the second half of 2005.

Right now though, we should just be happy that investment is coming in.

He said that inward investment will not come to Britain.

"Private investment coming to the city for a key project - it's a milestone."

The whole investment, he said, could come to $1 billion.

The investment, made three years ago, has only now come to light.

This has been the case even in Hungary, where foreign investment came early and strong.

And because the cushion was there, private investment quickly came back.