government investment

(Office of Naval Research) Brazil's efforts to increase government investment in science and technology, as well expand its global presence, were the focus of the third Office of Naval Research-sponsored International Lecture Series held Oct. 18 at the organization's corporate headquarters.

Bahrain's government investment company says losses more than doubled last year as the economic slump hurt key businesses.

World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as investors fretted over the debt problems at Dubai World, a government investment company, and the continued fall in the dollar.

Goldman Sachs Group says it has fully repaid the $10 billion it received last fall as part of the government's $700 billion bank bailout program.