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Don't look back in anger - 10 market milestones of 2015

LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - From the Swiss franc's record rise in January to the near certainty of a historic U.S. interest rate hike in December, 2015 was a far more volatile year for financial markets than most predicted 12 months ago.

UPDATE 1-Oil nears 7-year low, but few investors expect freefall towards $20

NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Oil derivative traders are preparing for crude prices to fall further in the coming months, but few expect Goldman Sachs' worst-case scenario of a drop to $20 a barrel to happen any time soon.

Doubts about the rich-poor nation divide loom over U.N. climate debate

PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Among the stumbling blocks for a global climate deal in Paris is a decades-old U.N. view that divides the world into two camps -- wealthy countries that bear the financial responsibility for climate change and developing nations that do not.

France's Engie: a utility invests in cutting power demand

PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Britain's KiWi Power is the kind of startup that should give utilities nightmares.

UPDATE 1-Fraport to sign Greek airports deal within 10 days -Greek official

ATHENS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Greece's leftist government will clinch its first big privatisation deal when German airport operator Fraport signs a 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) deal this month to lease and manage 14 provincial airports, the head of the country's privatisation fund said on Tuesday.

Canadian Pacific revises offer for Norfolk Southern

Dec 8 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd revised its offer to buy U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp, less than a week after its previous offer of $28.4 billion was rejected.

Bond investors eager for return of Russian companies to scarcity-plagued market

LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Russian companies planning a return to global bond markets in 2016 after a long absence may expect an eager welcome from fund managers who are starved of new emerging debt issues and reckon such deals will remain scarce.

Fraport to sign Greek airports deal within 10 days -Greek official

ATHENS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The head of Greece's privatisation agency said on Tuesday that German airport operator Fraport would sign within 10 days a 1.2 billion euro ($1.30 billion) deal to lease and manage 14 provincial Greek airports.

EU's Sefcovic says working on reply to Nord Stream 2 opponents

* EU has urged diversification away from Russian energy imports

US scores low grade in index of rich nations helping poor led by Denmark

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States ranks among the lowest of the world's wealthy nations in its policies toward helping people living in poorer nations, according to an annual report comparing 27 countries.

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