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WORLDWIDE: STOCKS FALLS SHARPLY ON WORLD MARKETS
English/Nat
Stocks plunged around the world on Thursday, amid worries of lower corporate profits and fears of new financial crises.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 140.83 point in active trading by early
afternoon, and London's...
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USA: FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN ALAN GREENSPAN'S SPEECH
English/Nat
U-S stocks held onto their modest gains on Wall Street Wednesday after Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan took a more soothing approach in delivering his assessment of the economy.
Greenspan repeated his recent...
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Finance Minister says banking system is "healthy"
1. Wide shot French finance minister, Christine Lagarde working at her desk
2. Mid shot Lagarde working at her desk
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christine Lagarde, French finance minister:
"I think the subprime issue and the way it has spread...
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IMF strongly endorses a plan by rich countries to fight credit crisis
1. Mid of International Monetary and Financial Committee entering briefing room and taking seats
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Youssef Boutros-Ghali, IMFC Chairman:
"The IMFC, and therefore the entire membership of the IMF, represented in its...
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WRAP Major markets settle after initial hike in early trading; ADDS UK strategist
Moscow, Russia
1. Tilt down exterior of MICEX (Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange)
2. Mid of people walking into MICEX entrance
3. Wide of trading floor interior
4. Mid pan of traders
5. Close-up of bell
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Aleksei...
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IMF says LatAm economies well placed to ride out financial storm
Mexico City, Mexico - 6 October 2008
1. Wide interior of stock exchange
2. Various of stock exchange index board showing share prices
3. Various of traders
Buenos Aires, Argentina - 6 October 2008
4. Mid of exterior of Buenos Aires...
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RUSSIA: YELTSIN TO REMAIN IN HOSPITAL FOR ANOTHER WEEK
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin is to remain in hospital for up to a week - once again raising questions from opponents about his ability to govern.
The 68-year-old leader was readmitted to Moscow's elite Central Clinical...
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IMF CHIEF LAGARDE NEWS CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has endorsed the British government's deficit cutting plan and says the UK's continuing economic weakness means authorities should consider more quantitative easing and even cutting interest...
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Geithner testifies on actions regarding LIBOR
Republican lawmakers criticised US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday for failing to alert the US Congress four years ago that banks could be manipulating a key global...
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Lithuanian president, Finnish FM and OECD on expected ECB quantative easing
European leaders who gathered in Davos for the World Economic Forum said on Thursday they would welcome the potential intervention of the European Central Bank (ECB) in the EU bond markets.
The ECB is due to announce its decision on the...
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Russian Central Bank scraps currency controls, letting ruble trade freely
With the Russian ruble in a nosedive under the pressure of Western sanctions and slumping oil prices, the country's central bank decided on Monday to scrap currency controls and let the ruble float freely on the currency markets.
The...
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Ten of the nation's largest financial firms need to raise $75 billion more capital to withstand losses that would come with a deeper recession, the government said in a report card that found the banking system viable but still vulnerable.
HEADLINE:Stress tests find 10 big banks need $75B more
CAPTION: Ten of the nation's largest financial firms need to raise $75 billion more capital to withstand losses that would come with a deeper recession, the government said in a...
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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says the U.S. economy is improving but notes that the job market remains "far from satisfactory" and inflation below the Fed's target rate. (May 7)
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is improving but noted that the job market remains "far from satisfactory" and inflation still below the Fed's target rate.
Speaking to Congress' Joint Economic...
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Federal investigators have turned up the heat on Wall Street Monday, raiding three hedge funds in what one of the targets called a wide-ranging probe of insider trading.
HEADLINE: Feds turn up heat on Wall St., raid 3 hedge funds
CAPTION: Federal investigators have turned up the heat on Wall Street Monday, raiding three hedge funds in what one of the targets called a wide-ranging probe of insider...
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Bernanke signals Federal Reserve to maintain stimulus efforts
1. Mid side view of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at Joint Economic Committee hearing
2. Wide of hearing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman:
"Recognising the drawbacks of persistently low rates the...
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JAPAN: TOKYO: STOCK MARKET DROPS A FURTHER 2.23 PERCENT
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The Tokyo stock market dropped a further 2.23 percent Friday, down more than 340 points.
The Yen also fell sharply in Friday trading, hovering around the 126 level, far lower than central bankers had previously...
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Break-up of US, Romanian internet hackers stealing IDs, presser
1. Various of Visa cards on a table
2. Wide of FBI news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Thomas O'Brien, US Attorney:
"A 65 count indictment which was returned last Thursday, and unsealed this morning outlines an international bank...
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Progressive Governance Summit of 15 world leaders
Pool
1. Wide of Progressive Governance Conference seminar
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister:
"We cannot have an International Monetary Fund that simply deals with balance of payments, crisis in individual...
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Electric tricycles to tackle pollution in Manila
AP Television
Manila, Philippines - May 11, 2011
1. Tilt down from smog to city road clogged with vehicles
2. Mid of vehicles on road
3. Close of bus belching smoke
4. Wide of tricycles buzzing on road, belching smoke
5. Mid of...
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China sets up foreign exchange investment company
March 9, 2007
1. Wide of Chinese finance minister Jin Renqing walking to stage for National People's Congress (NPC) news conference
2. Cutaway of photographers
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Jin Renqing, Chinese finance minister:
"For those...
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NYSE-Euronext shares, listed for the first time, open at $100 per share
1. Exterior of Palais Brongniart, the former Bourse building, where event is taking place
2. Tight shot of Bourse sign
3. Wide shot of principal executives of NYSE Euronext
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marshall Carter, Deputy Chairman...
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Cypriot cabinet meets, OECD and European Commission comment on crisis
Nicosia, Cyprus
1. Various of Cypriot government Ministers arriving at Presidential Palace for cabinet meeting
Brussels, Belgium
2. Close up of EU flags
3. Wide of EU Commission sign
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sebastian Brabant, European...
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Greece strikes debt relief deal with IIF
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charles Dallara, Managing Director, International Institute of Finance (IIF):
"Let me open by saying how pleased we are that common understandings were reached last night after lengthy...
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World Bank presser on impact of financial crisis on developing nations
1. Justin Yifu Lin, World Bank senior vice president and Chief Economist, at news conference
2. Wide of audience
3. Lin<
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Justin Yifu Lin, World Bank's chief economist:
"The slowdown is not only in developed...