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Bloomberg Brief Municipal Market Weekly Video 10/23
Oct. 23 -- Taylor Riggs, an editor at Bloomberg Brief, talks with Joe Mysak about this week's municipal market news. (Source: Bloomberg)
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The plight of racehorses in Puerto Rico
Rio Grande - 9 April, 2008
1. Mid of horse being washed
2. Various of horse being led into pool
Cavanovas - 11 April, 2008
3. Wide pan and zoom out of a horse race
4. Jockey mounting horse
5. Mid of horse being treated
6. Wide of dead...
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USA: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEBATE PUERTO RICAN STATEHOOD
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The U-S House of Representatives is considering putting Puerto Rico on a 10-year path to statehood.
But the move could be scuttled by the contentious issue of establishing English as the only national language there.
Puerto...
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Coffee harvest picked by prisoners
1. Close of ripe coffee beans on the branches, mountains in background
2. Prisoners walking past camera down dirt path through coffee fields
3. Medium prisoners walking down dirt path
4. Medium prisoner picking coffee
5. SOUNDBITE:...
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President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday granting the Congressional Gold Medal award to the 65th Infantry Regiment that participated in both World Wars and the Korean War. (June 10)
Puerto Rican Army troops from a segregated regiment known the Borinqueneers (bohr-ehn-kin-'EERS) are being honored with a Congressional Gold Medal that's been a century in the making.
President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday...
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Sec. Lew Visits Puerto Rico to Jump-Start Help
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus055150Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew got a first-hand look at the humanitarian impact of Puerto Rico's $70 billion debt crisis, touring an elementary school struggling with limited electricity and a...
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Obama Signs Puerto Rico Financial Rescue Bill
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus058484President Barack Obama signed a rescue package on Thursday for financially strapped Puerto Rico, which is facing more than $70 billion in debt and a major payment due Friday.Obama signed the...
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Fauci: Florida Has Zika Transmitting Capable Mosquitoes
Aug. 1 -- National Institute Allergy & Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses the Zika virus. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets."
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CUTS 23-6-72 JAPANESE TERRORIST OKAMOTO APPEARS IN COURT
The Japanese terrorist Kozo Okamoto appears in court accused of killing tourists in Lod airport after an attack with automatic weapons.
1. vs of the court proceedings
2. vs of the judges
3. vs of Okamoto
4. vs of the lawyers speaking
5....
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Puerto Rico Governor 'Open' to Creditor Talks
July 12 -- Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia
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Salsa athletes dance the night away
The Olympics may be taking London by storm but another athletic competition has been gripping Puerto Rico.
Salsa is very popular in Puerto Rico and locals and aficionados from overseas flocked to the capital San Juan recently for the...
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CLEAN: Ulcer drug used to get around repressive abortion laws
CLEAN: Ulcer drug used to get around repressive abortion laws
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Puerto Rico Debt Negotiations Begin
Jan.23 -- MBIA President and COO William Fallon and Bloomberg’s Taylor Riggs discuss Governor Ricardo Rossello’s attempts to tackle the financial crisis in Puerto Rico, bond prices and the next steps for Prepa. They speak with Vonnie...
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Gov of Puerto Rico keeping political tabs on US recovery aid
The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and other top federal officials have visited Puerto Rico and are promising to speed up recovery efforts and increase federal assistance for an island struggling three months after Hurricane Maria.
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Trump's State of the Union Address Mocked by Late-Night Hosts | THR News
Across the late-night dial, hosts took aim at President Donald Trump's first official State of the Union address.
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Rep. Soto Says Trump Could Face Democratic Majority After 2018
Jan.31 -- Rep. Darren Soto, a Democrat from Florida, discusses Puerto Rico, infrastructure investment, and the 2018 mid-term elections. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene and Francine Lacqua on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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Freed Puerto Rico nationalist: I have no regrets
Puerto Rico nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera received a heroes welcome at a concert in San Juan on Wednesday after being freed from house arrest following decades in custody. The celebration at the plaza near the University of Puerto Rico...
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VOICED : Puerto Rico vota en un plebiscito su estatus respecto a EEUU
Los puertorriquenos votaban el domingo en el plebiscito no vinculante para conocer si se quieren convertir en el estado 51 de Estados Unidos ser independientes o mantener su estatus actual
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Puerto Rico power: massive logistics challenge
The commander of the US Army Corp of Engineers said on Friday that restoring power to Puerto Rico was "a massive logistics challenge."
"We need 62,000 poles to be able to get this up and running," said Lieutenant Gener...
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Duke travels to Puerto Rico to survey damage
The United States' Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Elaine Duke, flew to Puerto Rico to conduct an assessment of the situation there Friday.
Travelling with a team of experts Duke said she was "proud of the people of...
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Trump Cannot Eliminate Puerto Rico's Debt, Says Rattner
Oct.04 -- Steve Rattner, chairman at Willett Advisors, discusses the potential market impact of President Donald Trump's suggestion of wiping out Puerto Rico's debt. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Daybreak:...
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Puerto Rico's Debt Burden Impedes Road to Recovery
Oct.10 -- Bloomberg's Michelle Kaske reports on the dire situation in Puerto Rico. She speaks with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and Vonnie Quinn on "Bloomberg Markets."
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VP Pence Reaffirms Commitment to Puerto Rico
Vice President Mike Pence is reaffirming the Trump administration's commitment to seeing Puerto Rico restored, following Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Pence hosted an event in honor of Hispanic Heritage in Washington on...
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Ryan 'Frustrated' with Senate Health Care Holdup
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said he and other GOP Congress members are "frustrated" with the Senate's inability to make moves on their health care bill.
"The House has done its job. We passed our health care bill last...