Global investment record in 2007 - According to initial estimates from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows grew in 2007 to an estimated US$1.5 trillion, overtaking the previous record set in the year 2000 (1.4 trillion). FDI continued to rise in all of three groups of economies - in developed countries, developing economies, and in South-East Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - largely...