If May's job figures are any indication, the fragile U.S. economic recovery has shriveled in the bud. Businesses filled only 69,000 jobs last month, the weakest growth in a year. The unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent, the first increase since last June.

But some business experts believe things can be turned around by encouraging more foreign investment in the U.S. economy.

According to a report released this week by the Organization for International Investment (OFII), U.S. subsidaries of foreign-owned businesses are already big contributors to the American economy -- and they could be doing more.

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