Today’s Issue Cluster: Carbon Policy
Air – Rapid growth leaves Asian lines searching for pilots
Rubber – Seven countries allying to halt price slide
Currencies – Bitcoin: Sputters as adoption stalls
China – Dec: HSBC Manufacturing PMI Slips; 49.6 from 50.0 / WSJ / AP / B *
US – Nov: Pending Home Sales Rise; +0.8%, +4.1% yr / WSJ / AP / R / B
US – Oct: Case-Shiller home price growth slows for 11th month; +4.5% / AP
US – Week: Jobless Claims Climbed More Than Forecast; +17k to 298k / B / R / WSJ / AP / cr *
Currencies – No relief in sight for some of the battered FT *
Currencies – Dollar: Surge Pummels Companies in EMs WSJ *
Currencies – Bet on rising renminbi still a safe one FT
Currencies – Bitcoin: Sputters as adoption stalls R / B / WSJ / q / WSJ * *
Greece – Samaras Has Four Weeks to Trump Syriza B / NYT / e * *
Greece – Syriza no longer terrifies some investors FT / WSJ / AFP *
UK – House price inflation slows to 13-month low R / FT * *
UK – London House Prices Will Stagnate Next Year, RICS Says B / B
Delivery – UPS, FedEx Got Back On Time This Holiday WSJ
Delivery – Ecommerce model proves difficult to drive FT
Air – Crash May Mean Four-Year High Air Deaths B / 538 * * *
Air – Malaysia Mystery Fails to Spur Changes WSJ
Air – Rapid growth leaves Asian lines searching for pilots AP
Air – India’s SpiceJet struggles to stay aloft FT / WSJ *
Air – Major airline considering “Economy Minus” LAT
Air – US lines: turning the page FT *
Rubber – Loses Steam as Southeast Asian Producers Strategize WSJ
Rubber – Seven countries allying to halt price slide N *
Carbon – World: ‘Pope’s edict on climate change will anger deniers’ G
Carbon – World: Climate Talks Yield Plan to Spread Burden of Emission Cuts WSJ *
Carbon – US: Regulatory Push Coming from Obama Administration WSJ *
Carbon – US: Obama Professor Tribe Calls Key EPA Rule ‘Overreach’ B / FT
Carbon – EU: Paris and Berlin seek to delay cuts in car emissions standards FT
Carbon – Japan: CO2 emissions hit record as fossil fuel consumption rises R *
Carbon – India: Modi, Favoring Growth, Pares Back Environmental Rules NYT
H3N2 – Severe Flu Cases on the Rise in US WSJ / LAT / dm *
Meta: Best Of ‘Best Of 2014’ List 538 *
