Bloomberg
Roulette and Private Jets: This Is Monopoly for Bankers
Jan. 5 -- Bankers: they were blamed for the 2008 financial crisis and now there's a board game that lets you be one. Bloomberg spoke to one of the creators to find out more.
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USA: INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED
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Although the U-S economy is growing at a rapid rate, the Federal Reserve has decided to leave interest rates unchanged.
It said it was still worried about inflation in the future and didn't want to upset financial markets so...
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Stocks ended a quiet day mixed Tuesday, as investors shrugged off news that 10 of the nation's largest banks can repay $68 billion in bailout money
Your Money: Rebalancing your portfolio
With the market on an upswing since March, you may be questioning the performance of your investments. AP Personal Finance Editor Trevor Delaney explains. E-mail your questions to yourmoney@ap.org...
Bloomberg
Have Dodd-Frank Regulations Hurt U.S. Recovery?
Sept. 22 -- American Bankers Association CEO Frank Keating discusses the impact of Dodd-Frank banking regulations on the U.S. economy. He speaks on Bloomberg Surveillance. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Govt officials meeting bankers to discuss greater regulation
1.Wide exterior of congress centre where WEF (World Economic Forum) is being held
2. Various of security officials outside congress centre
3. Wide of French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde arriving for the meeting
4. EU Economic and...
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European leaders backed sweeping new regulations for financial markets and hedge funds at a summit Sunday in Berlin as politicians and nations scrambled to tame the global economic crisis.
HEADLINE: Germany: EU backs blanket financial regulation
CAPTION: European leaders backed sweeping new regulations for financial markets and hedge funds at a summit Sunday in Berlin as politicians and nations scrambled to tame the...
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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spent a second day on Capitol Hill, testifying before the Senate Budget Committee. Among other things, Yellen spelled out her views on the long-term decline in the labor participation rate. (May 8)
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One day after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill that the job market is "far from satisfactory," she testified a second time, this time...
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UK: LONDON: G-8 SUMMIT MINISTERS DISCUSS ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS
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Foreign and finance ministers from the world's most powerful industrial nations held talks in London on Saturday on a series of international issues.
The Group of Eight (G-8) called for continued assistance to Asian nations...
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World Bank sets goal of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030
1. Wide of news conference panel
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jim Yong Kim, World Bank president:
"This is it. (holds up white paper with figure '2030') This is the global target to end poverty. Thank you for coming. I just want you to know...
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Mario Draghi says he sees little short term inflationary risk within eurozone
1. Various of Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), inside the Le Monde-sponsored symposium on competitiveness
2. Wide of Draghi addressing attendees
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mario Draghi, President of the European...
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First payments to Holocaust victims from insurance fund
1. Wide shot of press conference room
2. Close up of man at press conference with long beard
3. Wide shot of room
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gideon Taylor, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany:
"The proceeds of theft will be...
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To rescue the economy, the government is making a nearly $700 billion gamble: that the same executives who oversaw the banking industry's collapse can now be counted on to revive it.
HEADLINE: Bailed out banks keep most top executives
CAPTION: To rescue the economy, the government is making a nearly $700 billion gamble: that the same executives who oversaw the banking industry's collapse can now be counted on to...
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USA: FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN ALAN GREENSPAN
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The widely respected and highly influential Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, has given some crucial support to President Bush's plans for tax cuts.
In testimony to the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday, he said...
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Bush signs bill protecting insurance industry from terror attacks
1. US President George W. Bush walks out to podium
2. Cutaway of members of Congress clapping
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) US President George W. Bush
"With this new law builders and investors can begin construction on real estate projects...
Bloomberg
Risk Assets Face 'Damaging' Rate Shock, Bluebay's Riley Says
David Riley, chief investment strategist at Bluebay Asset Management, says markets haven't priced in central bank tightening on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Bloomberg
Market Awaits Catalyst as U.S. Growth Hasn’t Peaked: JPM’s Chang
Jul.23 -- Joyce Chang, chair of global research at JPMorgan, sees attractive market entry points as she explains the factors behind her firm raising its S&P 500 target at 4,600. She speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance Early Edition.”
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Family photo-op, comments from IMF managing director and IMFC chair
1. Wide of photo-op, zoom in, pan of world finance leaders, including Christine Lagarde, IMF (International Monetary Fund) Managing Director
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Chairman of the International Monetary and...
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WRAP Group photo ADDS Darling, Geither briefings excerpts
1. Alistair Darling, British Chancellor of the Exchequer arriving at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Alistair Darling, British Chancellor of the Exchequer:
"We have taken decisive and comprehensive action to boost demand and jobs...
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Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth.
HEADLINE: Overseas markets fall on financial turmoil fears
CAPTION: Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would...
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Shares of investment banks tumbled Friday morning as the broader market sank amid worries government-sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac might need a government bailout.
HEADLINE: Fears Grow Over Mortgage Giants
CAPTION: Stocks of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are hammered as the housing slump spreads, but the Bush administration says it's not planning a federal takeover of the mortgage giants. (July 11)
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Bloomberg
AIG Shareholders Have Day in Court: What's at Stake?
Sept. 29 -- The U.S. extorted AIG shareholders when it extended a $182 billion taxpayer bailout at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, a lawyer for Maurice Hank Greenberg said. Bloomberg Intelligence's Elliott Stein has more on...
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Insurance company settles what it says is Beijing's first death claims from SARS.
Beijing, China - 15 May 2003
1. Mid shot of life insurance company front desk
2. Close up of a sign with an anti-SARS logo
3. Wide shot of the insurance company business hall
4. Mid shot of customers talking to sales representatives
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Reax as UK only nation to veto EU treaty change
1. Wide of Westminster Bridge with Houses of Parliament in background
2. Union Flag flying from Houses of Parliament
3. Set up shot of Mujtaba Rahman, European analyst at Eurasia Group
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mujtaba Rahman, European...
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In a bold strike, the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by a half point on Tuesday and left the door open to further relief to prevent a painful housing slump
Interest rate dropped, home sales up?
In a bold strike, the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by a half point on Tuesday and left the door open to further relief to prevent a painful housing slump. (Sept. 18) 2007
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