You only got ten percent of my investment back.

The credit would return to businesses 10 percent of their investment in machinery beyond a certain level.

Close to 30 percent of the country's investment has been made in the mining field in recent years.

But, he cautioned, "You have to be willing to lose 100 percent of your investment."

The Pringles have since lost about 75 percent of their investment.

Since 9/11, about 90 percent of the nation's $5 billion annual investment in transportation security has gone to aviation, to fight the last war.

The suckers who buy the stock - and some inevitably do - lose 7 percent of their investment.

That is just 3.3 percent of the company's total investment for the year.

Sales commissions, or loads, range from nothing up to 8.5 percent of your initial investment.

In recent years, roughly 90 percent of Spain's direct foreign investment has flowed into the region.