English/Nat

The U-S has welcomed assurances by the Thai government that it will undertake comprehensive financial reform in the wake of the Asian economic cr
isis.
During a visit to Washington, the...

HEADLINE: Amid recession fear, help for homeowners

CAPTION: With financial firms counting billions in losses and foreclosures mounting, the AP's Mark Hamrick reports the Bush administration is working on a plan...

Barcelona, February 16, 2009

1. Wide shot of ent
rance
2. Tilt down
of towers
3. C
lose up of sign
4. Tilt dow
n of congress palace
5. Va
rious shots of...

Ferre' Buenos Aires Province - April 5 - 6, 2008

1. Wide of soy f
ields
2. Close up of
soy plants
3. Wide of tractor harves
ting soy plants
4. Close...

1. Wide of Nouriel Roubini, New York University Economics Professor, speaking at German union conference

2. Mid of Roubini speaking at p
odium
3. Mid of audience
listening
4. SOUNDBITE (English)...

English/Nat

The Group of Seven (G-7) leading industrial nations has announced new proposals to strengthen international financial systems in the wake of last year's Asian currency...

1. Wide of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde walking on stage and being greeted by Jane Harmon, head of The Wilson Centre

2. Wide of Lagarde at podium with aud
ience
3....

HEADLINE:March 16: Wall Street resumes rally

CAPTION: Investors restarted Wall Street's rally Tuesday, buying financial and homebuilder stocks following a surprisingly upbeat report on home construction. (Marc
h 16)
...

Portugal raised 1 (b) billion euros (1.34 billion US dollars) in short-term debt amid signs that the country's deep recession has bottomed out.

The government debt agency said on Wednesday that it sold 700 (m)...

19 September, 2008

1. Wide exterior of Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) bui
lding
2. Trading floor, bell in the fo
reground
3. Var
ious of traders
4. Close
of television...

Natural Sound

South Korea's financial crisis was coming under the microscope at the U-S Federal Reserve bank on Mo
nday.
Executives from several major U-S commercial and investment banks met to decide...

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, said on Wednesday that low commodity prices are negatively affecting low income and developing countries.Lagarde said those countries rely heavily on mining of...

English/Nat

United States exporters are waiting nervously to see if Mexico's currency continues to sl
ide.
Many US businesses only started investing south of the border when both countries...

1. Wide of press conference

2. Cutaway Charles Collyns, Deputy Director in the International Monetary Fund's Research Depar
tment
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles Collyns, Deputy Director in the International...

English/Nat

The Nasdaq rose to over 4-thousand on Wednesday - the first time the index has closed above the 4-thousand thres
hold.
Thanks to technology stocks the Nasdaq has made tremendous gains...

US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to lift the US economy if it weakens. But he didn't signal any imminent action in testimony before a...

1. Various wide shots of Frankfurt Stock Exchange trading floor and traders

2. Various of tr
aders
3. Clos
e of graph
4. SOUNDBITE (German) Andreas Lipkow Trader and Analyst at MWB
Fairtrade Bank:
"Yes...

Tokyo, Japan

1. Woman wearing traditional Japanese clothes tolling the opening bell to announce the opening of the market, UPSOUND: app
lause
2. Reflection of audience and Tokyo...

Mar.15 -- Jacob Frenkel, chairman at JPMorgan Chase International, explains why the time is right for the Federal Reserve to move towards normalizing interest rates. He speaks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller on "Bloomberg Markets."

1. South African President Thabo Mbeki shaking hands with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ++MUTE++

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Thabo Mbeki, South African Presid
ent:
"I think it is time to wait. Let's...

Nov. 3 -- Eurasia Group President and Founder Ian Bremmer discusses the future of the Transatlantic relationship on Bloomberg Surveillance. (Source: Bloomberg)

1. Wide of Waldorf Astoria Hotel

2. Wide pan of news confe
rence
3. SOUNDBITE: (German) Andreas Preuss, Chief Executive Officer of Eurex +++NON-VERBATIM TRANSLAT
ION +++:
"It's a merger of two...

India, like most other economies, is grappling with an economic slowdown with rising inflation, slowing growth and the declining value of the rupee spooking investors....

1. Wide of exterior of European Council building

2. Mid of European Union
flags
3. Mid of Council sign outsid
e building
4. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde wal
king into...