China's 2018 economic growth fell to a three-decade low, adding to pressure on Beijing to settle a tariff war with Washington.

English/Nat Stock prices on the New York exchange have recovered a bit from a morning plunge. U-S stocks fell dramatically in early trade on Friday, after overnight comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan, warning the market had...

Arlington, Texas 1. Exterior of a small computer printer ink business 2. Small business owner, Roger Bhatti, on phone behind counter 3. Customer standing at counter 4. Employee refilling printer cartridge with ink 5. Employee closing...

AP Television News 29 June 2006 1. NYSE trading floor 2. NYSE closing bell 3. Electronic board AP Television News FILE - date unknown: 4. Wide shot US Federal Reserve Building 5. Tilt up US Federal Reserve Building AP Television News 29...

English/Nat U-S Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan thinks four interest rate hikes haven't slowed the national economy enough for his liking. On Thursday Greenspan told the House Banking Committee that the threat of inflation is...

HEADLINE: USTV: GOP retools debt plan, Dems ponder fallback plan CAPTION: 6 days away from government default, House Republicans appeared to be coalescing around a work-in-progress plan by House Speaker John Boehner. Senate Democrats are...

Japanese/English The informal ASEAN leaders summit in Manila brought together the leaders of 13 Asian countries on Sunday for an unprecedented exchange of ideas. The heads of state issued a statement that praised their recovering...

Miami, Florida 1. Wide shot of reporters 2. SOUNDBITE Eduardo Frei, Chilean President 3. cutaway of cameras 4. SOUNDBITE Eduardo Frei, Chilean President 5. Frei handshakes 6. SOUNDBITE Bill Clinton, U-S President 7. Clinton shaking...

HEADLINE: Federal Reserve: Rates staying low CAPTION: The Federal Reserve decides to keep interest rates low, but also notes signs of improvement in the economy. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Sept. 23) [Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] ...

Natural Sound Pacific Rim leaders began their economic summit in Vancouver on Monday, promising not to give direct hand-outs to crisis ridden South-East Asian economies. Instead, they aim to play a greater role in ensuring market...

1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walking towards Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna, the two shaking hands 2. Cutaway of cameraman 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister: "India and Israel are two...

English/Nat U-S Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole has given his support for renewal of Most Favoured Nation - M-F-N - status for China, in a speech critical of President Clinton's Asia policies. President Clinton has indicated...

A senior IMF official said on Friday (29/5) that the IMF would speed up approval of a frozen instalment of a 10-billion-dollar loan to Russia and it could be paid out by the end of June. Release of the tranche is seen as a vital step...

Mandarin/Eng/Nat Turbulence in Asia's money markets is set to dominate this week's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Canada. For the past five months, currencies in the Far East have been in free-fall - some analysts argue...

1. United States President George W. Bush walking up to the podium 2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President: "Good morning, yesterday leaders here in Washington reached an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extraordinary...

1. Wide of US President Barack Obama, walking up to podium at National Governors Association meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: "I'm announcing today that this Wednesday, our administration will begin...

English/Nat As APEC ministers prepare to meet in Manila this week, there is one point they all seem to agree on - the future of free trade in telecommunications. A measure proposed by the U-S to eliminate tariffs on telecommunications...

1. Wide shot European Central Bank exterior 2. Various European Central Bank exteriors 3. Wide shot Duisenberg arriving at presser 4. Various journalists 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Wim Duisenberg, European Central Bank President "The...

Washington D.C 1. Wide shot Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke greets Senators Dodd and Shelby ++MUTE++ 2. Cutaway Bernanke ++MUTE++ 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman: "As you are aware, the US economy is...

HEADLINE: Obama wants to target oil market manipulation CAPTION: President Barack Obama is asking Congress for help in policing oil markets to be on the lookout for price manipulation by speculators. Obama says the country can''t have...

HEADLINE: Asian stocks rally after fed drops interest rate CAPTION: Relieved investors stormed back into global markets Thursday, sending stock indices in Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan surging by double digits, after the U.S. Federal...

1. Danish President Anders Fogh Rasmussen and EU Commission President Romano Prodi walk up steps past camera into hallway 2. Various Prodi, Chretien and Rasmussen 3. Close up of Rasmussen pan down to handshake 4. Close up of Prodi - pan...

Athens, Greece 1. Wide of Bank of Cyprus with two people waiting at cash machine 2. Mid of person reading a sign outside of the bank of Cyprus 3. Close up of sign outside of bank of Cyprus, reads (Greek): "By decision of the Cypriot...

1. Exterior of stock exchange 2. Sculptures of bear and bull outside stock exchange 3. Various interior stock exchange 4. SOUNDBITE (German) Fidel Peter Helmer, Head of Trading Hauck+Aufhaeusser Private Bank "So far, the ECB (European...