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WRAP Asian markets start slowly as investors assess China's stimulus package
Hong Kong
1. Pan interior of Hong Kong Stock Exchange
2. Close up of dealer in front of computer
3. Various of electronic board showing stock prices
4. Various electronic of board showing Hang Seng Index at 14341.35 points, down ...
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Obama comments as stimulus package is being negotiated
AP Television
1. Pan from presidential seal to Barack Obama, US President
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President
"A failure to act and act now will turn crisis into a catastrophe, and guarantee a longer recession, a less...
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Mardi Gras parade, aftermath at scene of shooting
1. Pull out from Canal Street sign to military band
2. Woman on float throws American football to crowd
3. Child wearing mask
4. Pan from statue on float, to people on float throwing collectables to the crowd
5. Costumed man on...
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USA - Debt crisis / Trial of Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor
Courting confrontation and compromise alike, House Republicans shrugged off US President Barack Obama's threat to veto legislation to cut federal spending by trillions of US dollars on July 18th 2011, while simultaneously negotiating...
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Stocks dip as investors take profits after jump, Bernanke comments
1. US Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke walking into Joint Economic Committee hearing, takes seat
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman:
"We continue to expect economic activity to bottom out, then to turn...
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A top Republican called for more mortgage relief and additional tax cuts in President Barack Obama's massive economic stimulus package as Democrats conceded privately they will drop items that have drawn bipartisan criticism
HEADLINE Obama stimulus plan faces changes in Senate
CAPTION: A top Republican called for more mortgage relief and additional tax cuts in President Barack Obama's massive economic stimulus package as Democrats conceded privately they...
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Bush commenting on India, Pakistan & economy
1. US President George W. Bush and economic team around table
2. Zoom out from US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to the meeting
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"I think it is very important for President...
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USA: WASHINGTON: FOREIGN AID PACKAGE VETOED
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U-S President Bill Clinton has vetoed a 12.5 (b) billion U-S dollar foreign aid package saying the money is inadequate.
Clinton says the measure under-funds everything from debt relief to the Wye peace accords.
He has called...
Bloomberg
Will There Be a Rate Hike in June?
Sept. 17 -- UBS Chief federal Reserve Analyst Alan Rechtschaffen and Bloomberg's Michael McKee react to Fed Chair Janet Yellens remarks on monetary policy at a news conference in Washington. They speak on Street Smart. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner says a tax bill did not advance to a vote in the House because it lacked votes. But he says Republicans still want to negotiate a deal avoiding a big tax hike in 2013 and wants President Obama to get serious.
HEADLINE: Boehner: Obama 'won't deal honestly' on issues
CAPTION: Speaker of the House John Boehner says a tax bill did not advance to a vote in the House because it lacked votes. But he says Republicans still want to negotiate a deal...
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WRAP President Obama's first nationally broadcast presser ADDS s'bites
1. UPSOUND (English) "Ladies and gentlemen the President of the United States"; Obama walks to podium
2. Side view; Obama greets journalists and asks them to sit
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"With the private sector...
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Greece demo, Portugal bond sales; France analyst on Eurozone crisis
Athens
1. Copies of notifications for one-off solidarity tax to help fight off debt being burnt
2. Medium of protesters burning copies of notifications
3. Wide of protesters outside parliament
4. Wide of march
5. Close-up of banner...
Bloomberg
U.S. Is in Need of Targeted Fiscal Actions: Krueger
Dec. 5 -- Princeton University Professor of Economics Alan Krueger discusses the need for fiscal policy and immigration reform in the United States and his expectations for the November jobs report. He speaks on Bloomberg Surveillance.
Bloomberg
BOJs Aggressive Stance Is Positive: Eggertsson
Dec. 22 -- Brown University Professor Gauti Eggertsson discusses Japans fiscal policies with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Surveillance. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
Economic Issues Spreading to Core Europe: Mackinnon
Oct. 2 -- VTB Capitals Neil Mackinnon previews todays European Central Bank meeting in Naples and examines the numerous challenges faced by President Mario Draghi. He speaks with Guy Johnson on The Pulse.
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At the World Economic Forum, British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose country doesn't use the troubled euro, urged the eurozone to impose fiscal discipline and integrate their budget policies more, and expressed support for jointly issued eurobonds.
HEADLINE: Cameron: Europe can recover, must be 'bold'
CAPTION: At the World Economic Forum, British Prime Minister David Cameron, urged the eurozone to impose fiscal discipline and integrate their budget policies more, and expressed...
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Preps, reax as Estonia set to join eurozone
Tallinn, Estonia - December 30, 2010
1. Wide of Tallinn under snow
2. Various of anti-euro posters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox pop, Raul Vall, Tallinn resident:
"I think it's good because it helps to recover our community and I think it's...
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Bush and Democrats disagree on his tax plans
1. Wide shot of Bush and Paul Bremer, the new special envoy to Iraq, in the Oval Office
2. Cutaway of press
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) US President George W. Bush:
"We're going to get a tax package through because it's the right thing to...
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UNIFEED WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK PRESSER
With the world still trying to bounce back from the global economic crisis, the Fund says in its latest World Economic Outlook that the recovery remains fragile and uneven. Unemployment remains a major economic and social challenge....
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Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown, a move hailed by Speaker of the House John Boehner.
HEADLINE: Boehner: Government spending less, no earmarks
CAPTION: Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown, a move hailed by Speaker of the House John Boehner....
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What do you need to do to make sure you get your economic stimulis check from the government? The IRS commissioner explains today in an interview with The Associated Press.
HEADLINE: Q&A: When will I get my economic stimulus payment?
CAPTION: Linda Stiff, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service answers questions about how the federal economic stimulus payments will be made. (March...
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USA/JAPAN: US WELCOME JAPANESE MOVE TO BOOST ECONOMY
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Washington has welcomed a move by Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to boost Japan's economy.
In the boldest move yet to help the faltering economy, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on Wednesday proposed a special...
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IMF lowers growth forecasts; warns US would hurt global economy if it doesn't raise borrowing
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its global economic growth forecasts and warned that the US would harm the world economy if it fails to raise its borrowing limit.
The international lending agency said on Tuesday that the...
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United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands of lawmakers opposed to stimulus-style spending and a tax increase on the very wealthy.
HEADLINE: GOP senators vote to defeat Obama's jobs bill
CAPTION: United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging...