1. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark enters for ASEAN summit 2. Australian Prime Minister John Howard with Malaysian host, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Henry Yeo, Managing Director of Jacobson...

1. Various of United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner getting out of car and entering finance ministry 2. Wide interior of round table meeting between Geithner and French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde 3. Mid of Lagarde 4....

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...

France's largest bank, BNP Paribas, has agreed to pay nearly nine billion US dollars to resolve criminal allegations that it processed transactions for clients in Sudan and other blacklisted countries in violation of US trade sanctions,...

English/Nat The Clinton administration has unveiled a plan to monitor progress of the recent auto trade agreement with Japan. Administration officials hope the plan will silence critics who say the trade deal will do little to narrow the...

1. Pan right of International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn arriving at news conference 2. Wide of news conference 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary...

1. Various of rally near Capitol building 2. SOUNDBITE (English): Dennis Kucinich, Democrat Representative Ohio: "We understand that these trade agreements can reach right into people's personal lives, that's why I'm standing here with...

English/Nat Stocks soared in New York in heavy trading on Tuesday, with the Dow up more than 300 points, after Chairman Alan Greenspan indicated the Federal Reserve was rethinking its policy of raising interest rates to fight...

Tokyo, Japan 1. Various of trading board in Tokyo Stock Exchange 2. Tilt down from screen to trading floor 3. Top shot of traders 4. Wide of trading board 5. Close of share prices on digital strip 6. Wide of stock exchange Hong Kong...

HEADLINE: House passes economic stimulus plan CAPTION: The House, seizing a rare moment of bipartisanship to respond to the economy's slump, passed a $146 billion aid package Tuesday by a vote of 385 to 35 that would speed rebates of...

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 of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key arriving at venue 2. Mid of Najib and Key standing at head table 3. Mid of New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser and Malaysian Trade Minister...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott left Canberra on Saturday to begin what he's branded Australia's biggest ever offshore trade mission. "It certainly is a trade mission, probably the largest trade mission ever to leave Australia,"...

1. Graphic with seal of the President of the United States reading: (English) "Your Weekly Address, February 14 2009" 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: "This week, I spent some time with Americans across the country who...

1. Various of police vans around French Finance Ministry 2. Police security in street 3. Police vans in street 4. Wide of security in front of ministry 5. Wide of French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde walking up onto stage in...

German/Nat The German government has announced a series of measures - including tax cuts - to revive its sluggish economy. The German Economics Minister describes the package - which also includes steps to reduce unemployment - as a...

HEADLINE: Feds spend $3.4 billion on cars and trucks in one year CAPTION: Americans love their cars, and so apparently does Uncle Sam, all 642,233 of them. Operating those vehicles cost a whopping $3.4 billion last year, according to...

SHOTLIST: ***NO SLATE AT START OF STORY*** (Stories Run Back To Back) 1. Wide of Senate Finance Committee 2. Senators listening to hearing 3. US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick listening 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles Grassley,...

English/Nat United States Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has pledged the central bank will "act promptly and forcefully" at the first hint of inflation dangers. The financial markets reacted negatively to Greenspan's warnings...

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus021029 Federally subsidized child care providers will now have to conduct criminal background checks on their workers under new legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama. Obama says the...

English/Nat Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is defending the three-point-six (3.6) billion (b) U-S dollar private bailout of a major hedge fund last week. The nation's top banker told a congressional panel in Washington on...

1. Pan from Copacabana Beach to wide of the facade of the Copacabana Palace Hotel 2. Pan showing Celso Amorim entering room, followed by Robert Portman and Peter Mandelson 3. Tilt-down showing Robert Portman seating down 4. Pre-roll...

Washington, DC Jan. 14, 2002 1. Mid Koehler, Horst Koehler, Head of the International Monetary Fund 2. Wide audience 3. Wide Koehler 4. SOUNDBITE: Horst Koehler, Head of the International Monetary Fund: "It is unconscionable for the...

English/Nat Human rights protestors are trying to push civil liberties onto the agenda of this weekend's trade summit in Vancouver involving the 18 APEC nations. A so-called People's Summit is being organised in parallel with the main...