Is this a direct foreign investment?

a. a french company merges with an american company; stockholders in the u. s. company exchange their stock for shares in the french firm. no

b. the same saudi businessman buys a new york apartment building. yes

c. a saudi businessman buys $10 million of ibm stock. no

d. an italian firm builds a plant in russia and manages the plant as a contractor to the russian government.

C

Explanation:

A foreign direct investment is a form of controlling ownership/investment in a business in one country's by an entity based in another country. This is to show that since the Saudi business man is making an investment in the form of buying $10 Million stock from IBM it shows that he is expanding the operation of IBM in another country rather than his.  

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