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Publisher
Community Television Foundation of South Florida
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Paul Kangas and Susie Gharib host this look at several aspects of bonds including how they are priced, why bond returns are affected by economic factors and the pros and cons of various types of bonds/bond funds.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Tommy Gavin is grappling with the death of his father. Janet has a new man in her life. The crew devises a business plan to open a bar, which turns into a lucrative venture, but also a temptation to Tommy, who continues to struggle with sobriety. Sean faces a health issue with no easy solution; while Needles struggles to garner respect and maintain control of the firehouse. Meanwhile, Sheila attempts to purge herself of Tommy and allows Damian to...
11) Life and debt
Publisher
Distributed by New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
This documentary examines the effects of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund loans on the infrastructure Jamaica established in the wake of independence from the UK in 1962. Seven billion in debt (circa 2000), Jamaica has seen its agricultural industries laid to waste by the impossibility of competing with subsidized, multi-national American based companies. The poverty of 'average' Jamaican in a shantytown near Kingston is in stark contrast...
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't stop and haven't been able to fix." -- Container.