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Countrywide talk lifts Wall Street Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 133 seconds Jan. 10 - U.S. stocks enjoyed their strongest two-day rally of 2008 after reports Bank of America is in serious talks to buy Countrywide Financial. The Dow jumped 117 points to 12,853. The SP 500 rose 11 points to 1,420. The Nasdaq gained 13 points to 2,488. Conway Gittens reports from New York. Related: bank, business_gf, countrywide, financial, reuters, street, wall |
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Virgin Galactic unveils spaceship Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 155 seconds Jan 23 - Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic showed off models of a spaceship it hopes will take spacetravel mainstream. Trips will initially cost about $200,000 and will eventually go down in price. That's far less than the $20 million reported cost of businessman Dennis Tito's trip on a Russian spacecraft in 2001, considered the first space tourist. Bobbi Rebell reports. Related: branson, galactic, richard, spaceship, virgin |
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Financial meltdown timeline Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 207 seconds Sep 30 - What began as a housing problem has mushroomed into what may be the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression.In September, the titans topple like dominos, then the Federal Reserve and the Treasury respond with a $700 billion bailout plan. Fred Katayama reports from New York. Related: financial, meltdown, timeline |
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Postcard to U.S. President: Paris Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 65 seconds People in France send their first wishes to new U.S. President-elect Barak Obama. The French, who largely supported Obama as a candidate, were mostly delighted by his victory in the rain of Paris. Some visiting American students were too. Related: diplomacy, france, global, obama, paris, postcardstopresident, reaction |
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Boston frets as Wall St. shakes Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 128 seconds Oct. 16 - Momentous changes in the financial services industry are likely to have a negative impact on the city of Boston, the unofficial headquarters of the mutual fund industry. Related: market, reuters |
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President Bush dances Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 67 seconds Feb. 21 - President Bush dances alongside President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf while visiting Liberia. Related: bush, dance, liberia, president, reuters |
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House rejects bailout plan Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 149 seconds Sep 29 - The House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion bailout plan by a vote of 228 to 205.The bill would have authorized the Treasury Department to spend up to $700 billion to purchase broken mortgage-backed assets from banks with the goal of thawing frozen capital markets.Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Related: bailout, house, plan, rejects |
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NASA finds proof of water on Mars Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 72 seconds Jul 31 - NASA scientists say they have definitive proof that water exists on Mars. NASA on Thursday also extended the mission of the Phoenix Mars Lander by five weeks, saying its work was moving beyond the search for water to exploring whether the red planet was ever capable of sustaining life. Pavithra George reports. Related: life, mars, nasa, on, reuters, water |
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Wildfires rage across California Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 69 seconds Oct 13 - Officials report at least one person has died in wildfires raging across Southern California. Dousing flames from land and sky, more than 1000 firefighters are battling two major blazes on the northern fringe of Los Angeles. Katharine Jackson reports. Related: california, wildfires |
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A late day surge Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 120 seconds Oct. 16 - The Dow swings wildly but bounces back, ending up 400 points thanks to bargain hunters. Related: market, news, reuters |
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A furry bundle of awww! Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 133 seconds Jan 9 - Nuremberg zoo's last surviving polar bear cub is spending some time away from its mother Vera, after one of the zoo's female polar bears ate her own cub.The German zoo bowed to media and public pressure and decided to hand rear the polar bear cub. Related: animals, bear, cub, cute, nuremberg, polar, video, zoo |
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Postcard to U.S. President: Sydney Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 94 seconds People in Australia send their first wishes to the new U.S. President-elect Barak Obama. Near the iconic Sydney Opera House, Australians were upbeat about the future with the new U.S. president. Related: australians, election, obama, postcardstopresident, reaction, sydney |
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U.S. job losses soar Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 105 seconds Nov. 7 - The American economy lost 240,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate climbed to a high not seen since March 1994. Related: jobs, reuters |
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Wall Street on hold until vote Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 120 seconds Nov. 3 - The Dow inched 5 points lower to 9,319. The SP 500 crept down 2 points to 966. The Nasdaq bucked the trend to rally for the fifth consecutive session, up 5 points to 1,726. Related: chrysler, credit, crude, dow, election, federal, ford, gm, jones, nasdaq, oil, reserve, sp, street, voting, wall |
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Food riots grip Port Au Prince Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 116 seconds Apr 8 - The protestors blame soaring food prices for inciting violence that has paralyzed their city and left 5 people dead further south. Related: food, haiti, reuters, riots, shortage |
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World's largest swimming pool Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 60 seconds Jan. 28 - The world's largest swimming pool has been built in Chile.The pool is a kilometer long and is as deep as 35 meters. Related: chile, largest, pool, swimming, worlds |
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Flocke on the prowl Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 114 seconds Feb. 22 - At ten weeks of age, little polar bear "Flocke" (Snowflake) is starting to grow into the the predator she was born to be. Zoo keepers looking after her stated the 16-pound bear was trying to shred everything in reach, using her teeth and claws. Related: bear, flocke, germany, polar, reuters, snowflake, zoo |
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U.S. automakers appeal for help Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 131 seconds Nov 11 - The White House on Tuesday said it was open to considering any proposals from Congress to accelerate loans to the auto industry.President-e lect Barack Obama reportedly raised the issue of additional help for the auto industry -- perhaps an additional $25 billion -- in a meeting with President Bush on Monday. Jon Decker reports. Related: auto, auutomakers, industry, loans, obama |
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Microsoft's surface computer Posted by: ReutersVideo
Video duration: 111 seconds May 30 - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates unveils the Microsoft Surface, a tabletop computer that reacts to touch.The 30-inch display screen is mounted under a plastic tabletop and will initially cost $5,000 to $10,000. It will, at first, only be available in select hotels, casinos, and T-Mobile stores in November. Related: computer, microsoft, surface |
