Only profit-maximizing domestic shareholders and foreign investors can help them do this.

And, for a change, American investors helped another country cover its budget deficit by buying bonds.

After all, he reasoned, chances were pretty good that his investors had helped pay for some of those tables the first time around.

Clearly, active investors like these will help keep the pressure on chief executives and boards of directors.

Individual investors have already helped push several stock indexes to record highs.

Now the Fed analyzes investors to help it set monetary policy.

Foreign investors looking for a place to put their savings are also helping stocks, he said.

But individual investors have helped to spur the development, too.

Now if only they could hire some Nigerian investors to help me with my finances.

They expect other investors to help raise an additional $50 million to $80 million to get the operation off the ground.