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10 major banks pay $8.5bn to settle federal complaints of wrongful foreclosures
FILE: exact date and location unknown
1. For sale sign ++MUTE++
2. Estate agent with for sale sign ++MUTE++
Washington, DC - 7 January 2013
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Rugaber, Associated Press Economics Writer:
"Today ten big banks and...
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USA: US FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN ALAN GREENSPAN ADDRESSES PANEL
English/Nat
U-S Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sent the stock market spinning again today (Wednesday) as he told Congress that caution seems in order given the recent powerful advance in stock prices.
Stocks have fallen...
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SYND 27-6-72 LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET REOPENED
Scenes in the City of London in the wake of the reopening of the foreign exchange market.
1. ms exterior Lloyds bank
2. vs interior foreign exchange department
3. ms spokesman on benefits of the new monetary exchange
Film: Pos - Sound:...
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Brazil is one of the world leaders in ethanol for fuel
Quissama, Rio de Janeiro State
1. Various of sugarcane cutting
2. Tractor planting sugarcane
3. Men digging and checking on state of recently planted sugarcane.
4. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Helio Riscado da Silveira, Farmer
"This is an...
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Yellen Tells Congress to Expect More Rate Hikes
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told Congress on Wednesday that the central bank expects to keep raising a key interest rate at a gradual pace and also plans to start trimming its massive bond holdings this year.In her semiannual...
Bloomberg
BOE Sees Slower Than Anticipated Consumption Growth
May.11 -- Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said consumption growth will be slower than anticipated. BOE Governor Carney spoke at the news conference in London following publication of the central bank's quarterly inflation report.
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Asia markets have mixed openings
Seoul, South Korea
1. Wide of Kospi figures on stock exchange board in the KRX (Korea Stock Exchange), zoom into close
2. Various of computer screens showing Kospi figures and exchange rate
3. Various of stock boards
4. Close of...
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Obama and Boehner trade blows on debt crisis impasse
1. US President Barack Obama walking to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"Would you rather reduce deficits and interest rates by raising revenue from those that are not now paying their fair share? Or would you...
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Uncle Sam has just become the 800 pound gorilla in the U.S. mortgage market.¶ The Bush administration is seizing troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a bid to help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.
HEADLINE:Investors, industry pleased with Govt. takeover
CAPTION: Uncle Sam has just become the 800 pound gorilla in the U.S. mortgage market. The Bush administration is seizing troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a...
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Controversy over Telecoms share offers
1. Wide shot of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki walking into Safaricom IPO launch
2. Various of entertainment during the launch
3. Kibaki watching the entertainment
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya:
"The...
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Encouraging readings on two of the best gauges of the economy's health: consumer spending and corporate profits gave investors confidence to move into stocks Thursday.
HEADLINE:Oct. 8: Stocks climb on retail sales, Alcoa earnings
CAPTION: Encouraging readings on two of the best gauges of the economy's health: consumer spending and corporate profits gave investors confidence to move into stocks...
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US Treasury Secretary Geithner news conference
1. Wide of journalists at the news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Timothy Geithner, United States Treasury Secretary:
"The pace of job losses in the United States has slowed very sharply but unemployment is still very high and it's...
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EUROPE: NATIONS ADOPTING EURO DROP KEY INTEREST RATES
French/Ger/Eng/Nat
In a surprise move, nations adopting the new European currency, the euro, have dropped key interest rates, effectively setting the rate that will be adopted throughout the euro zone on January 1st.
Ten of the 11...
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WRAP Nikkei loses 1.6 percent in morning session, Hong Kong
Tokyo
1. Various of trading inside the Tokyo stock exchange
Hong Kong
2. Wide of screen showing Hang Seng Index at -450.60
3. Wide of screen showing global market indices
4. Close-ups of various market indices
5. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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UK PM hosts summit on climate change and the economy
Watford, outside London
1. Wide of Progressive Governance Conference start
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister:
"Look, what are we facing round the world at the moment? We are facing a global financial crisis...
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Euro at low point against US dollar over Greece debt crisis; Rehn sbite, tourists
Berlin, Germany
1. Man taking euro notes out of wallet
2. Man sorting through euro coins
3. Close-up of euro coins
4. Man putting euro note into wallet
Brussels, Belgium
5. Flags outside European Commission
6. European Union...
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JAPAN: TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE MARKET LATEST
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The Nikkei Stock Average closed at 17,534.44 points, down 195.90 points, or 1.10 per cent, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday.
The dollar traded lower against the yen on Friday buying 117.26 yen, down 1.18 yen from late...
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Serbia - Eight arrested in Belgrade, five of them on suspicion of war crimes / Leader of the Serbian Progressive Party, Tomislav Nikolic, wins presidential election
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Serbia - Eight arrested, five of them on suspicion of war crimes
Belgrade, 4 May 2012
1. Various of masked Serbian special police bringing the five war crimes suspects into a police station
Serbia - Boris Tadic and Tomislav...
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Bank urges donor nations to speed up delivery of cash pledged to poor countries
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Agustin Carstens, Mexican Finance Minister:
"The Financial crisis is turning into a human and development calamity, many people have already been driven into absolute poverty. In this...
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After three years of wrestling over its language, U.S. regulators are expected Tuesday to approve a rule designed to defuse some of the extreme risk-taking on Wall Street that helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis. (Dec. 9)
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SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Hamrick, Bankrate.com.:
"These are commercial banks and investment banks that are essentially trading for their own profit."
SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Hamrick,...
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Stock markets in Asia were up in overnight trading, but not nearly as much as U-S stocks on Tuesday. Investors continue to be concerned about the U-S recession and a weakening dollar
HEADLINE: Asian markets cautious after Fed rate cut
CAPTION: Stock markets in Asia were up in overnight trading, but not nearly as much as U-S stocks on Tuesday. Investors continue to be concerned about the U-S recession and a weakening...
Bloomberg
How Much More Hawkish Will the Fed Get?
Bloomberg Senior Executive Editor for Economics Stephanie Flanders says this Fed is different from previous version of the regulatory body as analysts look at Chair Jerome Powell's actions this week. She appears on "Bloomberg Wall Street...
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News Corp. CEO heckled by Occupy Wall St protesters
1. Wide of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Rupert Murdoch shaking hands as Murdoch walks to podium
2. Wide of room
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation CEO:
"So let me come right to the point. We need to tear...
Bloomberg
Fed's Kaplan on China, Interest Rates, Japan's Economy
Aug. 26 -- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan comments on Fed policy during an interview with Bloomberg's Kathleen Hays at the Kansas City Fed's Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.