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This is an article about how there is more FDI going towards Nigeria and other parts of Africa. This will help the African nations if the politics around the investment are controlled. Usually there will be a increase in the wealthier population and an increase in the poorer population without much growth to the middle class

Russia's foreign direct investment has increased by 66% this year compared to last year, which would suggest an approach to a significant growth of the country and the economy.

This article is about how the Argentinian government is protecting the domestic production of BlackBerrys in order to "cut foreigners' share of Argentina's mobile-phone market". Even though this seems to be a valid case of protectionism, it will "cost $23m upfront, plus $4,500-5,000 a month per worker, some 15 times more than in Asia". This is because Asian laborers and factories have already perfected the production of cell phones. They have the 'factor endowment' in the production of cell phones. This is because to start a factory in Asia, the price is already low. Also the labor is cheap and skilled. The start up price for this endeavor is already going to be $23m, they will also have to train the workers and pay them more than they would if the Argentinian companies outsourced the production to Asia. Another problem with the domestic production of cell phones in Argentina is that Argentina, at this moment, is not known for their production of cell phones. They are not a place in which companies like Motorola or Nokia look for to manufacture their products.  Argentina could do this but it will take them a long time before they clean of their capital debt. In the short run, they will not make any money but nobody knows for sure what the long run has in store for this unorthodox market. In my opinion, Argentina should focus its money on something that will be profitable not only in the long run but also in the short run. This is possible. Argentina has a factor endowment, its tourism. It does not take that much money and effort to increase the amount of tourism in a country that is obviously beautiful and worth seeing. Even if they were not to invest in tourism, they could focus on, for instance, the exporting of more beef or fish. These are things that people already are accustomed to getting from Argentina. It all bundles down to this: when you think about Japanese production, you think cars and phones. When you think about Argentinian production, you

This article discusses about how emerging economies like India and China can grow. This article states that China has prolonged 'export-led growth' for too long, and should now consider consumer led growth. India ont he other hand, should consider private investment as a strategy for growth.

This article talks about how the increase in oil prices could lead to a recession (or "trigger" a recession). This is possibly due to the fact that there is a decrease in quantity demanded (due to the increase in price), which would further lead to a decrease in output in the end.

How people are investing in commodities because the value of money is decreasing.

Maybe commodities prices are rising due to increase in demand for them as economies recover from recession?

Paul Ryan's budget dramatically reduces the size of the federal government over the long run, which could be incredibly bullish for economic growth in the United States.

Maybe they don't want to crowd out private investment now that the economy is moving to recovery?