A footnote on the Podesta/DNC phishing emails (spoiler: they went to the spam folder)

UK-listed P2P fund Ranger Direct Lending may have exposure to a Chicago-based subprime lender that just filed for bankruptcy protection.

Carney’s comments on climate change inspired a private sector task force to make recommendations on how companies should disclose climate risk and have finally been decided upon. Kate Mackenzie, a climate finance think tanker, explains why they could be a game changer.

A Christmas quiz from the BoE; Peter Navarro is driven nuts; economic recovery is not a simple concept; what car does your fund manager drive?; the culture wars; Super Mario’s global conquest; the Ghost of Christmas Future Imperfect; other stuff.

Because some people thought a state-level analysis wasn’t granular enough.

Uber could be on the hook for a major VAT charge if its appeal against a UK employment tribunal decision fails.

Dalio on why you should read more Ayn Rand; what London’s Libor traders did next – including disco; Branko Milanovic on 2016 through globalisation; understanding Japan’s economy by driving a go-kart round Tokyo dressed as Mario; Chinese anticorruption and forced confessions; Bill Gates is your Secret Santa; other stuff.

German authorities still hunting for perpetrator of truck assault that killed 12 people

In which we grudgingly admit it might be OK sometimes to compare your finance job to the military. But it only really works if you’re Vinnie Viola.

The future is here and… it’s slightly less efficient than the past.

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FTAV’s PoI award recognises the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about a year that gave global popularity to the phrase “dumpster fire”.

Is creative destruction actually a thing? Are America’s doctors holding back healthcare reform? Does Lindsay Lohan actually have a nightclub for refugees? Does Trump Tower actually have Tiffany’s-branded security barricades? Is there really a confessional based startup app? Other stuff.

Truck ploughs into Christmas market killing 12 in what police describe as ‘probable terror attack’

The Sovereign Group’s Howard Bilton walks us through the controversy surrounding the tax affairs of a certain football manager. The Rich One is not necessarily The Bad One.

We didn’t think it could happen, but it is, sadly, 2016…

Krugman; DeLong; UBI in Finland; three minutes with Hans Rosling; the slow death of tipping; we may be approaching the mattress start-up top; Napoleon is dead; other stuff.

Dublin has laid out the grounds for its appeal against the European Commission’s demand that it claw back €13bn of state aid from Apple

From the Mittelstand to the Mezzogiorno.

Having stunned and then been shunned in London, a curious thing called Gate Ventures has re-surfaced in the Danish capital. 買方小心

Elsewhere on Friday, – Uber CEO’s Travis Kalanick’s growth ambitions include Indian citizenship if it comes to it.

Financial groups say they need clarity on Brexit or they will relocate to Europe in 6 months

FX trading volumes are down from three years ago, but that doesn’t necessarily mean business is bad. Think more institutional money, less fast money.