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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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World leaders discuss economic forecast and regional crises at the World Policy Conference
1. Wide exterior of Martinez hotel, World Policy Conference (WPC) venue
2. Mid of security officials outside venue
3. Close-up of conference sign
4. Wide of Mario Monti, Italian Prime Minister, on stage
5. SOUNDBITE: (French) Mario...
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French and Greek finance minister meeting; disabled people and livestock breeders' demo
About 200 disabled Greeks gathered outside the Finance Ministry on Thursday to protest proposed benefit cuts on the same day as the French finance minister met with Greek leaders to discuss the financial crisis.
A dozen livestock...
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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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The operating budget for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 was announced at 7 billion reals (2.9 billion US dollars) by organisers on Thursday, an increase of 27 percent over the figure submitted in the 2009 bid.
The operating budget for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 was announced at 7 billion reals (2.9 billion US dollars) by organisers on Thursday, an increase of 27 percent over the figure submitted in the 2009 bid.
The budget is purely...
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latest highlight from ASEAN finance ministers meeting in Kuala Lumpur
1. Outside shot of building
2. Banner showing two day ASEAN conference
3. Delegates arriving
4. Wide shot of finance ministers on platform
5. Cutaway of camera crews
6. Shot of Myanmar Finance Minister U Khin Maung Thein
7. Mid shot of...
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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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USA: PRESIDENT ELECT BUSH PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
The newly elected U-S President George W. Bush has nominated defeated Missouri senator John Ashcroft on Friday to be attorney general.
At the same press conference, he has unveiled his plans with regards to a potential...
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SINGAPORE: SUMMIT MEETINGS AT ASEAN
Jap/Mandarin/Nat
A day after Southeast Asian leaders proposed a new East Asian alliance, they sat down with leaders of China, Japan and South Korea to discuss the future of Asia's economic and political landscape.
Chinese Premier Zhu...
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World stock markets were mostly up Friday, ending a dramatic week marked by signs the U.S. might be headed back into recession and Europe''s worsening debt crisis.
HEADLINE: World markets steady after rough week
CAPTION: World stock markets were mostly up Friday, ending a dramatic week marked by signs the U.S. might be headed back into recession and Europe''s worsening debt crisis. (Aug. 12)
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JAPAN: TOKYO: STOCK MARKET DROPS A FURTHER 2.23 PERCENT
English/Nat
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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Investors halted a three-day losing streak, sending stocks broadly higher on a weaker dollar and better-than-expected home sales numbers.
HEADLINE:Nov. 23: Home sales data carry stocks higher
CAPTION:Investors halted a three-day losing streak, sending stocks broadly higher on a weaker dollar and better-than-expected home sales numbers.(Nov. 23)
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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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OECD says world facing worst recession since the 1980s
1. Wide of media briefing
2. SOUNDBITE:(English) Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, Chief Economist, OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development):
"We project that 21 out of 30 member economies of the OECD will go through a...
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UK: EUROPEAN SINGLE CURRENCY UPDATE
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Trading in the new single European currency, the euro, has begun at the world's largest foreign exchange - London.
It is the first day of trading in the new currency and follows a weekend that saw banks working 24 hours a...
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Leaders of regional summit call for coordinated effort to fight economic crisis
1. Wide of head of states of BIMSTEC countries
2. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (left) and Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein (right)
3. (From left) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley,...
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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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UN Sec Gen Ban ki Moon calls for fulfillment of climate change pledges
1. Wide of Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arriving for climate conference
2. Wide of officials taking seats
3. Mid of attendees
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary...
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UK: LONDON: STOCK EXCHANGE WATCHES WALL STREET ANXIOUSLY
English/Nat
Investors and dealers in London were anxiously watching events on Wall Street on Tuesday afternoon as the Dow Jones index fell further.
A nervous City saw shares in leading British companies bounce back once trading started...
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WRAP Leaders at ASEM, group photo, Hu, Wen, Sarkozy, roundtable talks
1. Various of Asian and European leaders posing for group photo
2. Cutaway of media
3. Leaders clapping then walking away
4. Wide of room in Great Hall of the People where Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) opening ceremony is being held
4....
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UK: LONDON: CITY GEARS UP FOR SINGLE EUROPEAN CURRENCY
English/Nat
Workers in the city of London, Europe's largest financial centre, are gearing up for the launch of the new single European currency.
Bank workers arriving for work on Thursday were having to prepare for the currency's launch...
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Aiming to prevent a repeat of the market meltdown, President Barack Obama is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the financial "rules of the road."
HEADLINE: Obama Seeks Broad Market Overhaul
CAPTION: Aiming to prevent a repeat of the market meltdown, President Barack Obama is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the financial "rules of the road." (June 17)
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