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Foreign Direct Investment

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is direct investment into production in a country by a company located in another country, either by buying a company in the country or by expanding operations of an existing business in the country.

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China's April FDI Falls 0.7%

Foreign direct investment in China fell 0.

7% in April to $8.4 billion, according to reports Tuesday that cited China's Ministry of Commerce. That was the sixth straight month of declines in investment, Dow Jones Newswires reported, although the pace slowed from March's 6.1% drop.Copyright © 2012 MarketWatch, Inc....

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