Fdi from OECD countries up 50% on 2006. - Foreign direct investment (fdi) from OECD countries rose by an unprecedented amount in 2007 to a total of $1.82 trillion, up from $1.2 trillion in 2006, but is expected to fall to $1.14 trillion in 2008 if the slowdown in mergers and acquisitions witnessed in the first half of 2008 continues, according to recent estimates from the OECD. Inward fdi investment in OECD countries rose from $1.05 trillion in 2006 to $1.37 trillion in 2007, slightly up on...