United States #1 Investor in France NEW YORK and PARIS, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States maintained its position as primary investor in France, providing 33% of the total number of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in France in 2002. The FDI figures were announced in Paris last week by Clara Gaymard, Ambassador at Large, Special Representative of France for International Investment and Chief Executive of the Invest in France Agency (AFII). From the 143 investment projects coming from North American-based companies, 5,861 jobs were created. While this figure is down considerably from 7,959 in 2001 -- a reflection...