- France: Data published by the French Finance Ministry and the Bank of France reveals that the French sharply scaled back direct foreign investment during the first nine months of 2001 from EUR 126 billion in the same period of 2000 to EUR 74.2 billion this year. The Ministry signalled that the fall was due to a falling number of large-scale company acquisitions, following the year 2000 which was characterised by massive mergers. - Ukraine: the volume of direct foreign investment in...