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Financial markets enter 'full-blown crisis' as oil prices plummet
A UAE trader is warning that financial markets are entering a "full-blown crisis" as oil prices plummet.
Dubai's main stock market and Abu Dhabi's index have closed at their lowest points of the year amid mounting anxiety.
There have...
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WRAP Stocks up as Tokyo, Seoul, HKong markets open
Tokyo, Japan
1. Wide of stock board at Tokyo Stock Exchange
2. Close-up of stock board showing rise in stocks
3. Close-up of graph on stock board showing rise in stocks
4. Tilt down to traders on trading floor
5. Various of traders on...
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Preview to debate on stimulus package
Berlin - 7 January 2009
1. Exterior of employment agency
2. Close of sign
4. Interior of employment agency
5. People searching for jobs at computers
Berlin - 8 January 2009
6. Exterior of SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany)...
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USA: STOCK MARKETS LATEST
English/Nat
Spooked by an earnings warning from Microsoft, US investors dumped high technology stocks on Friday in a sell off that quickly spread across the New York market.
A bearish forecast from household products company Clorox...
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Republicans, Democrats, Bush, Paulson on vote
Washington, DC
1. Wide of House of Representatives
2. Close of Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher commencing vote UPSOUND: (English) Ellen Tauscher, Presiding Member of Congress: "This is a 15 minute vote."
3. Wide of voting
4. End of voting,...
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Analyst on eurogroup meeting, eurobonds, Greek loan; German market opens
Athens, Greece
1. Wide of stock market ticker
2. Medium of ticker with sculpture depicting stock graph overhead
3. Close-up of ticker
4. Economist Vangelis Agapitos walking toward desk
5. Close-up monitor
6. SOUNDBITE (English)...
Bloomberg
ThyssenKrupp Reports First Profit in Four Years
Nov. 20 -- ThyssenKrupp, Germanys biggest steel maker, reports fiscal full-year earnings which saw the company returns to profit after four years. Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde reports on Countdown. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
Oil Prices a Response to European Weakness: Engle
Dec. 15 -- Nobel Laureate Robert Engle discusses economic modeling, oil prices and the global economy on Bloomberg Surveillance. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Pope Benedict received Nancy Pelosi, one of the most prominent abortion rights politicians in America, and told her Wednesday that Catholic politicians have a duty to protect life "at all stages of its development."
HEADLINE: Pope talks to Pelosi on abortion
CAPTION: Pope Benedict received Nancy Pelosi, one of the most prominent abortion rights politicians in America, and told her Wednesday that Catholic politicians have a duty to protect life "at...
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Small Businesses React to Calif. Wage Increase
California lawmakers on Thursday approved the nation's highest statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour to take effect by 2022 after it was hailed by Democrats as an example to the nation as it struggles with a growing gap between rich and...
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Senior economist reflects on Portugal's debt crisis as govt seeks political deal
March 25, 2011
1. Wide interior shot of trading floor of private bank Banco Carregosa
2. Close-ups of computer screens showing ascent in March of ten year government bond yield to current 7.77 percent
3. Close-up of screen with number...
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RR7650A UK BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC CRISIS
For Britain, 1976 has been a year of severe economic
crisis - one and a half million unemployed, domestic
inflation at 14 per cent, galloping devaluation, stagnant
industrial production and huge international loans to
cover the balance...
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Documents released today by a House oversight committee indicate that top executives Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ignored warnings that they were taking on too many risky loans years before the housing market crash.
HEADLINE: Documents show Fannie, Freddie execs ignored warnings
CAPTION: Documents released today by a House oversight committee indicate that top executives Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ignored warnings that they were taking on too...
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China's trade surplus swelled in October to a monthly record but export growth weakened amid a global economic slowdown that has battered Chinese exporters, according to data reported on Tuesday.
HEADLINE: Drop in demand leaves China suffering too
CAPTION: China's trade surplus swelled in October to a record but export growth weakened amid a global economic slowdown that has battered Chinese exporters, according to data...
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An auction dispersing the vast art collection of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent lived up to expectations billing it as the "sale of the century." The collection brought a total of more than 484 million US dollars.
HEADLINE: Saint Laurent auction rakes in $484 million
CAPTION: Two rare bronze sculptures that disappeared from China nearly 150 years ago, and demanded back by Beijing, sold for millions Wednesday as an auction of art works owned...
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The sights and sounds of was is likely to be known as the crash of 2008, a year of gigantic losses and huge volatility.
HEADLINE:Year in Review: The Economic Meltdown
CAPTION: The sights and sounds of was is likely to be known as the crash of 2008, a year of gigantic losses and huge volatility. (Dec. 22)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
October 6, 2008
New York...
Bloomberg
U.S. Stock Rally Stalls as Earnings Season Kicks Off
April 11 -- U.S. stocks fell, erasing gains in late afternoon trading as investors brace for what could be considered the worst earnings season since the financial crisis. Bloomberg's Oliver Renick reports on "What'd You Miss?"
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Morocco suspends $1.75B in public investment to help balance budget
Rabat - 17 April 2013
1. Wide of unemployed university graduates taking part in one of their almost daily demonstration marches
2. Close-up of demonstrator's tabard reading (French) "Work = Dignity," tilt up to protest
3. Mid of riot...
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that he will ask City Council to change New York's term-limits law so he can run for another four years in office to deal with the 'unprecedented challenges' brought on by the financial meltdown.
HEADLINE:Bloomberg says he'll seek 3rd term
CAPTION : Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that he will ask City Council to change New York's term-limits law so he can run for another four years in office to deal with the...
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G20 ministers end meeting on global crisis, comments
1. Wide of Hyatt Hotel with flags from South Africa, Russia and Brazil at front, venue of G-20 meeting
2. Mid of flags
3. Police car outside hotel
4. Wide of press conference with (from left) Stephen Timms, British Financial Secretary to...
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VENEZUELA: PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC PROGRAMME
Spanish/Nat
At least 20-thousand Venezuelan workers have taken to the streets to protest against the country's economic woes.
The workers are demanding more jobs and better salaries and they have called for the resignation of President...
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In one of his last speeches, Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve's willingness to make "tough but necessary decisions" was one of its greatest assets over the last 100 years. (Dec. 16)
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Joined by his two predecessors, Ben Bernanke marked the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve by reflecting on the bold actions past chairmen have had to take in the best interest of the...