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Euro-Dollar May Head Towards Parity: Union Investment
Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment, discusses the outlook for the yen, the euro and the dollar. He also looks at how Russia's invasion of Ukraine is affecting the energy market and European economies. He speaks with...
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USA: JAMES D WOLFENSOHN, NEW PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK
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A former New York investment banker took over the presidency of the World Bank on Thursday.
Many poor countries rely on the World Bank for aid, and will be looking to James Wolfensohn for inspiration to halt the dwindling...
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Top finance officials from around the world gather for economic talks
1. Police escort heading to (IMF) International Monetary Fund building
2. Police outside IMF building
3. Police on bikes patrolling area
4. Police presence outside IMF
5. Delegates going into IMF
6. Police car and bicycle brigade going...
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World Bank president visits Islamabad
1. Mid view of plane taxiing
2. Mid view of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz walking off plane
3. Mid view of Wolfowitz shaking hands with Pakistani officials
4. Mid view of Wolfowitz and officials walking to car
5. Mid view of...
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USA: WORLD BANK APPROVE LOAN FOR IRAN
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Despite strong objections from the United States, the World Bank has approved 232 (m) million U-S dollars in loans to Iran - the first in seven years.
World Bank executive board members say the loans will focus on basic human...
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IMF and World Bank discuss future of Iraq
1. Various shots of protestors outside IMF headquarters
2. Wide shot of Wolfensohn at press briefing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) James Wolfensohn, World Bank President:
"The issue, in this case, is what is the authorising environment for us...
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News conference ahead of meeting of International Monetary Fund
1. Side shot International Monetary Fund (IMF) briefing
2. Cutaway, wide of reporters
3. Pan shot from reporters to Stauss-Kahn
4. SOUNDBITE: (english) Dominique Strauss-Kahn, International Monetary Fund Managing Director:
"I think the...
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HONG KONG: WORLD BANK/IMF ANNUAL SUMMIT ENDS
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The World Bank/International Monetary Fund (I-M-F) meetings in Hong Kong finished on Thursday with calls for increased economic globalisation and increased vigour in the war on poverty.
The heads of both organisations...
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Wolfowitz in talks with finance minister
1. Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram shaking hands with World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, tilt down to handshake, tilt up
2. Close-up of Wolfowitz, pan to Chidambaram
3. Photographers
4. Chidambaram sitting down, pan to...
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Finance talks target energy prices, balancing growth
1. Exterior of Grand Epoch conference centre - pan down to entrance
2. Indian delegation leaving the closing ceremony
3. World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz exiting closing ceremony
4. Australian Treasurer Paul Costello and Chinese...
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WEST BANK: PROTESTORS CLASH WITH POLICE IN SEVERAL RALLIES
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Rallies were held on Saturday in several cities in the West Bank, some of them turned violent when police and protestors clashed.
In the West Bank city of Nablus Palestinian police fired bullets and tear gas to disperse...
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World Bank president says the Yuan should be allowed to float
1. Wide of World Bank President, Robert Zoellick, entering news conference
2. Cutaway of journalists
3. Wide of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Zoellick, World Bank President:
"The point is that countries need to...
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USA: WASHINGTON: GROUP 10 FINANCIAL LEADERS MEETING (2)
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The world's financial leaders are in Washington D-C for the annual meeting of the 182-nation International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
During the 10-day session, they are expected to focus on ways to promote further...
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As donor conf continues, 2 Palest projects that hv received aid in the past
Ramallah, West Bank
1. Various of bulldozers working on construction of road which will connect the northern and southern parts of the West Bank
2. Pan from traffic to road under construction
3. Construction worker shovelling away...
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USA: IMF AND WORLD BANK DIRECTORS PRAISE PRESIDENT KIM
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South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has been given a public pat on the back by the Directors of the World Bank and the I-M-F, for his attempts to restructure the economy.
I-M-F chief Michel Camdessus said South Korea was on...
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USA: WASHINGTON: GROUP 10 FINANCIAL LEADERS MEETING
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The world's financial leaders continue to meet in Washington, D-C, where they've gathered for the annual meetings of the 182-nation International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
During the 10-day session, they are...
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USA: IMF/WORD BANK CHIEFS ECONOMIC CRISIS PRESS CONFERENCE
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The head of the International Monetary Fund praised a U-S Federal Reserve decision to cut a key interest rate and said global powers must do more to halt the spreading economic crisis.
Addressing reporters on Thursday, I-M-F...
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American Jim Yong Kim meets Peruvian leader after being chosen to lead World Bank
1. Wide of Peruvian president Ollanta Humala greeting newly appointed World Bank president Jim Yong Kim in Lima++MUTE++
2. Various of meeting between Humala and Kim++MUTE++
3. Wide of Humala and Kim shaking hands, waving at the press...
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World Bank chief and IMF Managing Director brief ahead of autumn meetings
1. Wide shot of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rodrigo Rato, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund:
"The market turbulence reveals the range and the risk of financial globalisation. Those at risk are clearly not just...
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Zimbabwe - Rooted Poverty Persists
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In 1993, for every dollar given in aid, rich nations took back three dollars from developing countries. The problem stems from the 1970s, when the World Bank and International...
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UN chief Annan addresses Iraq donor conference
1. Wide of conference with UN Security-General Kofi Annan Kofi Annan walking onto podium with Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio, where they are seated
2. Delegates sitting in audience
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kofi Annan, UN...
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The International Monetary Fund began a meeting of its policy-guiding panel Saturday to continue with a review of its quota system used for allotting voting power and to assess risks caused by global economic imbalances. Protests expected.
<HEADLINE: Protesters demand Wolfowitz's ouster
CAPTION: The travails of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, not economic policies, drew protestors to meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington....
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WRAP Arrivals for IMF meeting. comment on Asia economic outlook
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1. Wide exterior International Monetary Fund (IMF) building
2. Various officials arriving at the IMF
3. Cutaway of IMF sign
4. International Monetary Fund Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, meeting G-24 Chair,...
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THAILAND: WORLD BANK TO FUND JOB CREATION PROGRAMMES
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The World Bank is to set up a 300 (m) million dollar fund to create and support employment schemes in Thailand.
The bank's president, James Wolfensohn, announced the initiative in Bangkok on Saturday at the start of a tour of...