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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the central bank is prepared to provide additional stimulus if the current economic lull persists.
HEADLINE: Bernanke: Fed would supply more stimulus if needed
CAPTION: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the central bank is prepared to provide additional stimulus if the current economic lull persists. (July...
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ECB chief defends interest rates policy
Mario Draghi head of European Central Bank (ECB) gave the key note speech at the annual Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting in Frankfurt on Monday, telling delegates there was no alternative to keeping interest rates low at this...
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Fake fashion fuels vast illicit profits
In a warehouse at London's sprawling Heathrow Airport, a border officer pulls open a cardboard box he suspects contains contraband goods. His instincts are rewarded as the box is packed with beige and black sneakers that to the untrained...
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WEF turns to trade amid fears of protectionism, Danish PM, Mandelson, analysis
January 31, 2009
1. Wide of Congress Centre
2. Medium of security checkpoint
3. Close-up pan security
4. Wide interior of Congress Centre
5. Medium of Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum founder, walking through Congress Centre
6. Medium...
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India launches air quality index
India, home to some of the most polluted cities in the world, launched a national index on Friday to measure the quality of air across the nation.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said at the launch of the index that over the next...
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A review of some of this year's solutions to global warming
Serpa, Portugal - June 29, 2007
1. Various of solar panels
Barcelona, Spain 2007
2. Various of electricity cables
3. Mid of train
4. Wide of power station
5. Wide of city scape and solar panels
6. Various of solar panels
Lisbon,...
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USA: GREENSPAN ARGUES AGAINST RESTRICTING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS
Washington D-C, USA - 14 October 19971. Greenspan gets out of car and walks through door2. Cutaway press3. Greenspan is introduced4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman5. Cutaway audience6. Cutaway press7....
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President gives upbeat assessment of US economy
1. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US president:
"Good morning. This week Congress took vital action to create jobs in America. Following the outlines of a jobs and growth package I announced in January, members of the House and...
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Health Expert: ACA Subsidies 'Not a Bailout'
For months, the president has been threatening to stop payments that reimburse insurers for providing required financial assistance to low-income consumers, reducing their copays and deductibles.
Administration officials...
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SINGAPORE: WTO: DISCUSSIONS ON ABOLISHING TARIFFS ON COMPUTERS
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The United States and Europe failed, Monday, to resolve their differences over a global deal on abolishing tariffs on information technology products but vowed to keep trying.
Both the US and Europe have been pushing to...
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The Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by three-fourths of a percentage point Tuesday, responding to a global plunge in stock markets. Will it calm investors' fears? Rich Matthew's has a closer look
HEADLINE: Investors skittish over Wall Street's wild ride
CAPTION: The Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by three-fourths of a percentage point Tuesday, responding to a global plunge in stock markets. Will it calm investors'...
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WRAP Global Economic Outlook meeting ahead of IMF summit; more
1. Wide of news conference
2. Cutaway reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Olivier Blanchard, International Monetary Fund's Chief Economist:
"The world economy is facing a major downturn. While there's exceptional uncertainty at this point,...
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The US Trade Representative is calling on China to show why it continues to impose what the WTO called restrictive tariffs and duties on "GOES" steel. (Jan 13)
The United States want to know why China is not in compliance with a WTO ruling on high tech steel exports.
The WTO ruled that the Chinese were imposing unusually high duties and restrictions on US exports of "GOES" or grain oriented...
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US Fed Reserve chief predicts interest rate hike
1. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan then pans to committee
2. Greenspan
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman:
"Looking forward, the prospects for sustaining solid economic growth in the period ahead are...
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Congress moves to approve free trade agreement
1. Wide of House floor
2. UPSOUND: (English) Vote results being read out:
"On this vote the yeas are 314, the nays are 109 and one member voting present. The bill is passed."
3. Wide of House floor
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Representative...
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Second day of meeting of foreign ministers
1. Zoom out of meeting between finance ministers of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
2. Pan of finance ministers
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Luis Valdivieso, Peruvian Economy and Finance Minister:
"The current crisis has disclosed...
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The Federal Reserve pledges to keep a key interest rate at a record low for an 'extended period,' in a sign that the economy is growing but remains deeply dependent on government help.
HEADLINE: Fed again pledges to hold rates at record-lows
CAPTION: The Federal Reserve pledges to keep a key interest rate at a record low for an 'extended period,' in a sign that the economy is growing, the AP's Mark Hamrick says. (Nov....
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AIG CEOs called before Congressional committtee
1. Wide of hearing
2. House Oversight Committee Chairman, Henry Waxman, swearing in witnesses former AIG Chief Executive Officers, Martin Sullivan (right) and Robert Willumstad (left)
3. Sullivan and Willumstad being sworn in
4....
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Fed Chairman says may need to cut interest rates to boost the US economy
1. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan walking into hearing room
2. Greenspan seated at table
3. Wide of committee
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman
"Some of the residual war-related uncertainties have...
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IMF pressers; Bush meets Slovakian pres, comments on economy
1. Wide of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
2. Cutaway of reporters and cameras
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund:
"The need for...
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IMF central bankers meet, Greenspan plea
1. Pan of meeting room
2. Head table with international bankers seated before audience
3. TV monitor with Greenspan and people seated in foreground
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Alan Greenspan, US Federal Reserve Chairman:
"I've said on...
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Kaplan: Fed Needs 'Tactical' Policy Adjustment, Sees No Rate-Cut Cycle
Aug.23 -- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan discusses U.S. trade tensions with China and Mexico, his views of the Fed's rate path, and the influence of monetary policy on Treasury yields. He speaks with Bloomberg’s...
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BNP Paribas, France's largest bank, pleaded guilty Monday to deceiving federal authorities in order to process transactions for sanctioned countries, agreeing to pay a record $9 billion fine. (June 30)
France's largest bank, BNP Paribas, pleaded guilty Monday and agreed to pay nearly $9 billion to resolve criminal allegations that it processed transactions for clients in Sudan and other blacklisted countries in violation of U.S. trade...
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USA: INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED
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Although the U-S economy is growing at a rapid rate, the Federal Reserve has decided to leave interest rates unchanged.
It said it was still worried about inflation in the future and didn't want to upset financial markets so...