US President Barack Obama has proposed significant new curbs on the activities of banks to try to prevent future financial crises.
The plans include limits to the size of banks and restrictions on riskier trading. US stocks such as JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America fell sharply as the sweeping new rules were announced.
Michelle Fleury reports from New York.
One-Minute World News 
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