Today’s Issue Cluster: Carbon
Bonds – Junk market tests nervous investors
SK – Chipping away at country’s pillars
Uber – Why Giant Can’t Conquer The Planet (Yet)
Germany – Dec: ZEW investor sentiment robust; 16.1 from 10.4 / AFP
US – Nov: Core inflation creeps higher; +0.2% from +0.2% / R / WSJ / AP
US – Dec: NAHB Home-Builder Confidence Slips; 61 from 62 / WSJ
Bonds – Junk Selloff Intensifies WSJ *
Bonds – Junk market tests nervous investors FT * *
Bonds – It really has been a bad year for high yield ft *
SK – To Offer ‘Panda Bonds’ in China Onshore Markets WSJ
SK – Chipping away at country’s pillars N * *
NK – Pyongyang says it has developed hydrogen bomb FT / NYT
SK – Leader Pushes to Make Firing Easier WSJ *
Uber – Drivers win union ‘breakthrough’ FT
Uber – Why Giant Can’t Conquer The Planet (Yet) Forbes *
Potash – Belarus Wildcard Shaking Up the Global Market WSJ
Sugar – India Plans to Release Millions of Tons of Onto Markets WSJ
Cotton – Piling Up at Warehouses Around the World B *
Carbon – Big polluters see no short-term change FT / WSJ / NYT / AP / B
Carbon – Obstacles emerge within hours FT * *
Carbon – James Hansen calls Paris talks ‘a fraud’ G / nyt
Carbon – Agreement Hinges on Countries Making Painful Decisions WSJ *
Carbon – UK ministers confident of meeting goals with no extra policies FT
Carbon – Fabius lauded for successful conclusion FT / AFP *
Carbon – China’s Slowdown Aided Negotiators WSJ *
Carbon – China’s Pledges Undercut by Boom in Coal Projects Abroad NYT
Carbon – New research points to falling emissions FT / NYT / AP / e * * *
Carbon – Business seeks global pricing FT *
Carbon – The IMF Is Pushing for Taxes, But at What Price? wsj * *
Carbon – India offers to cut coal use FT *
Carbon – What G20 Countries Are Pledging B *
Carbon – Widodo enters firefight to damp climate censure FT *
Carbon – Out-of-Bounds CO2 Clouds Emissions Tallying WSJ / NYT *
Carbon – Online footprint trackers flourish FT
Carbon – US Tax Debate Brings Together Unusual Allies WSJ *
How many calories you would burn walking between NYC subway stations motw *