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World stocks peak at start of Fed-focused week

World stocks hit a record high and the dollar climbs to an eight-week peak against the yen in a week in which the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to announce a trimming of its balance sheet as part of a reversal of cheap money worldwide. Ciara Lee reports