1. Wide top shot of rally 2. Protesters at rally holding banners 3. Protestors behind barrier holding banners 4. Protesters standing on street 5. Protest banner reading (Greek): "Greeks and immigrants, united workers" 6. Speaker...

English/French/Russian 250,000 protestors have marched through France's cities in protest at Government cutbacks. The country has been paralysed with few trains or buses running and virtually no government services. Prime Minister...

HEADLINE: Boehner: ''Let's pass this bill, end the crisis'' CAPTION: The House has begun debate on Speaker John Boehner''s deficit-cutting plan. Republican leaders have been pleading with reluctant members of their caucus to support the...

1. Wide, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke enters news conference 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ben Bernanke, US Federal Reserve Chairman "Clearly the fiscal cliff is having effects on the economy, even though we've not yet even reached...

Beijing - 16 April, 2009 1. Wide of news conference by the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics 2. Cutaway of journalists 3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Li Xiaochao, Spokesman for National Bureau of Statistics: "The overall national economy...

1. US President Barack Obama arriving for news conference and approaches podium 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: "And here in Pittsburgh we have taken several significant steps forward to secure our recovery, and...

English/Nat Political stalemate between the White House and Congress has caused the second partial shutdown of the U-S government in as many months. The Republican controlled House of Representatives and Senate failed to act on a...

Oct. 29 ""The IMF is taking a jab at Abenomics saying that the Japanese Prime Minister's plans have not been enough to pull the country out of stagnation. Bloomberg's Shery Ahn reports on ""On The Move."" (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 17 -- Mizuho International's Seijiro Takeshita and West Shore Group's Jim Rickards discuss the outlook for the Japanese economy with Bloomberg's Matt Miller on ""Street Smart."" (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 3 ""ANZ Chief Asia-Pacific Economist Glenn Maguire discusses the week ahead, what hes watching out for and why he says well see continued strength out of the U.S. labor market this week with Bloomberg's Angie Lau on First Up....

HEADLINE: GOP: Runaway spending is Washington''s disease CAPTION: In the weekly Republican address, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia took note of the week''s April 15 income tax filing deadline and criticized government...

1. Graphic of US president George W Bush with overlaid voiceover 2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W Bush, US President: "The recovery of the Gulf Coast region will be one of the largest reconstruction efforts the world has ever seen, and I...

English/Nat Finance ministers from the top seven industrialised nations on Saturday welcomed steps taken by Japan to boost its sickly economy. Representatives from the world's leading industrial nations began to roll out the new rules of...

1. Wide of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde at podium at the Brookings Institute 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director: "Just about a month ago at the time of the IMF and...

English/Nat Following whirlwind efforts by U-S and I-M-F officials to stem Asia's financial crisis, stocks markets in Hong Kong and Tokyo surged on Friday. But South Korean shares fell after a week of gains. In Seoul, U-S President...

HEADLINE: Cash for clunkers coming to Russia CAPTION: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wants Russia to implement an American-style cash for clunkers program. AP's Andy Braddel reports. (Sept. 8) [Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] Cash for...

1. Wide shot of news conference 2. Cutaway reporter 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Olivier Blanchard, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research: "Global prospects have definitely improved since we last met in October. The world economy...

HEADLINE: Businesses fight to stay open in tough economy CAPTION: Small business owners across the country wondering how long they can survive as they struggle to draw in customers. On Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama urged...

1. GRAPHIC: (English) "Your weekly address - February 7, 2009 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President: "Yesterday began with some devastating news with regard to our economic crisis. But I'm pleased to say it ended on a more...

1. Wide shot of IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn walking into IMF news conference 2. Media 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF Managing Director: "Our belief is that the crisis is far from over. And of...

1. Wide of students from music schools marching; students marching past camera 2. Close-up of drum being struck; pans right to show medium of students holding banner and chanting slogan (Greek) "Every year it's the same story: no...

1. Exterior of Congress Centre with a bus driving past 2. Mid of flags 3. Interior, sign reading "World Economic Forum" 4. Man sitting reading newspaper 5. Close-up of newspaper 6. Former Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader...

June 21 -- Senator Richard Shelby (R) weighs in on

April 27 -- Frederic Mishkin, professor at Columbia University, discusses what he thinks the Fed could do to stimulate the economy and what fiscal policies would help. He speaks to Michael McKee on "Bloomberg Markets."