Foreign direct investment loses speed in 2012. - Global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 16 per cent in 2011, surpassing the 2005-2007 pre-crisis level for the first time, despite the continuing effects of the global financial and economic crisis and the current debt crisis in Europe, UNCTAD's annual survey of investment trends reports. A resurgence of economic uncertainty and the possibility of lower growth rates in major emerging markets risk could undercut this new found...