It may chill further direct investment from the Middle East, but I don't think it would go much further than that.

Not bad for a total $22 million investment eight years ago.

We would see lower levels of investment, lower economic growth, and as a result, lower wage gains.

The federal deficit is a concern, but education should not be cut. Increased education investment must be an essential part of the strategy to reduce the deficit. Education investments will more than pay for itself by increasing economic productivity and innovation and reducing the incidence of costly social issues like unemployment, poverty and crime. When our students succeed, our nation succeeds.

With few new drugs coming through the pipeline, significant investment is required to build a pipeline sufficient to support future growth, especially in light of patent expiries in 2007-9. Nevertheless, we see significant share price downside as unlikely.

Continued self-exclusion from the euro will bring a crushing loss of investment and political influence and increased vulnerability to money market turmoil,