Boeing CEO grilled by lawmakers in Senate hearing over safety

STORY: Boeing CEO grilled by lawmakers in Senate hearing over safety SHOOTING TIME: June 18, 2024 DATELINE: June 19, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:39 LOCATION: Washington CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, U.S. Democratic Senator 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, U.S. Democratic Senator 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOSH HAWLEY, U.S. Republican Senator 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DAVE CALHOUN, Boeing CEO 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, U.S. Democratic Senator 6. various of the hearing STORYLINE: Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun was grilled by U.S. lawmakers in a Senate hearing on Tuesday over the air giant's growing safety and quality control crises. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, U.S. Democratic Senator "It's not enough for Boeing to shrug its shoulders and say, well, mistakes happen. This is not an industry where it's okay to cut corners, to reduce inspections, to take shortcuts, and rely on broken parts that happen to be sitting around." Among the aud

Australian scam losses decline in 2023: gov't report

STORY: Australian scam losses decline in 2023: gov't report SHOOTING TIME: April 29, 2024 DATELINE: April 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australian federal police station 2. various of Australian banks 3. various of fraud messages 4. various of card payments 5. various of city views of Canberra STORYLINE: Australians lost billions of dollars to a record number of reported scams in 2023, government data has revealed. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Monday published its annual Targeting Scams report, revealing Australians reported over 601,000 scams in 2023, a new record and 18.5 percent increase from 2022. Despite an increase in the number of reported scams, reported losses to scams fell from 3.15 billion Australian dollars (2.06 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022 to 2.74 billion AUD (1.79 billion dollars) in 2023, a decline of 13 percent. It marks the first time since 2016 that scam losses have fallen from the previous

Higher tax earnings slash Australian budget deficit

STORY: Higher tax earnings slash Australian budget deficit SHOOTING TIME: File/Dec. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Parliament of Australia 2. various of tax calculating (file) 3. various of Commonwealth Bank 4. various of Australian daily grocery shopping (file) STORYLINE: Surging personal and company tax income has driven a major improvement in Australia's budget position, the government has revealed. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher on Wednesday released the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), which is delivered annually in December to update Australians on the state of the government's fiscal performance. The document forecasts that the final federal budget deficit for the current 2023-24 financial year will be 1.1 billion Australian dollars (721.4 million U.S. dollars) - down from the 13.9 billion AUD (9.1 billion USD) forecast in May. Between 2023-24 and 2026-27, budget deficits a

ERIK THE VIKING

ERIK THE VIKING

ERIK THE VIKING TERRY JONES as King Arnulf, IMOGEN STUBBS as Princess Aud Date: 1989