A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure and the generation of additional surplus which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It's sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people.

I didn't really want to live so anything that was an investment in time made me angry... but also I just felt sad. When the hopelessness is hurting you it's the fixtures and fittings that finish you off.

My early work and publications centered around expanding on the analysis of life insurance in my dissertation and its relationship to investment banking.

The special relationship between the region and a regional celebrity means that people feel that they have a special investment in you.

In reality Republicans have long been at war with clean energy. They have ridiculed investments in solar and wind power bashed energy-efficiency standards attacked state moves to promote renewable energy and championed laws that would enshrine taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels while stripping them from wind and solar.

Canada and the United States are also working at the World Trade Organization and in our own hemisphere with negotiations for a Trade Area of the Americas to try to help countries create a positive climate for investment and trade.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

In any investment you expect to have fun and make money.

Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research.