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Food Security: All Investment Is Not Created Equal

By Susan Ozawa
August 17, 2009

The G8 countries committed $20 billion in aid to address global hunger and promote more productive farming in the world's poorest countries this July in L’Aquila, Italy. Major commitments came from the United States and Japan. more »

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America for Sale

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 17, 2008

The American economy is increasingly in hock to foreign governments. China and the OPEC nations are setting up sovereign investment funds to buy up pieces of America. China recently bought a $5 billion stake in Morgan Stanley. Abu Dhabi bought $7.5 billion of Citigroup. Singapore paid $4.4 billion for a part of Merrill Lynch.

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"Of Sovereign Funds and Prairie Fires," New York Times. 21 February 2008. http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/of-sovereign-funds-and-prairie-fires/?scp=4-b&sq=foreign+investors+buying+america&st=nyt
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