1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 2: I'm Leslie Lato. 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: Longtime negotiators that the UN Climate talks are COP twenty 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: eight say the push to wan the world from dirty 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: fossil fuels has gained so much momentum that they poked 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: a powerful enemy, the oil industry. Multiple news sources report 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: the leader of OPEK, the powerful oil cartel, wrote to 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: member countries imploring them to block any language to phase 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: out or phase down fossil fuels. Environmental activists said to 10 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 1: be smirking at signs of mighty cartel with circling the wagons. 11 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: One of the so called Elders, a now prominent climate campaigner, 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: said that she thought OPEK concerns gave her hope. China's 13 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: consumer price drop worsens, fueling deflation fears. We get that 14 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,480 Speaker 1: story from Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrine. 15 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: China's CPI fell half a percent year on youre in November. 16 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 2: That is the steepest decline we've seen since twenty twenty, 17 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 2: and it is also way weaker than the two tenths 18 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 2: percent drop projected by economists in a Bloomberg survey. Producer 19 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: prices they declined even more sliding three percent compared with 20 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: the forecast of a two point eight percent fall. China 21 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: has struggled with falling prices much of this year, contrasting 22 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 2: with many other parts of the world where central banks 23 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 2: are focused on taming inflation. Instead, in China, it's about 24 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: weak consumer demand and Bloombrig Economics expects deflationary risks in 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: China to persist all the way into twenty twenty four. 26 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 2: Denise Pelligrity Bloomberg Radio. 27 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: The Penn State president's out after angering alumni for allowing 28 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: a Palestinian writer's conference on campus. It also seemed like 29 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: Elizabeth McGill was dodging questions at a congressional hearing, which 30 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: made the noise against her even louder, leading her to 31 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: resign on Saturday, along with board chair Scott boch Box, 32 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: saying McGill will stay on until her replacement can be found. 33 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: The resignations come less than a week after McGill's testimony, 34 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: where she looked to be evading the question of whether 35 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: students who called for the genocide of Jews should be disciplined. 36 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: The US Supreme Court's signaled it will uphold a tax 37 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: on foreign income and leave a wealth tax for another day. 38 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: We heard that story from Bloomberg's Amy Morris. 39 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 3: In Washington, Conservative and liberal justices voiced concerns this past 40 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 3: week that ruling for a Washington couple challenging a provision 41 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 3: of the twenty seventeen tax bill would threaten other provisions 42 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 3: of the tax code. After two hours of arguments, there 43 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 3: seemed to be a consensus on the court to craft 44 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 3: a narrow ruling that would avoid what Solicitor General Elizabeth 45 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 3: Priligar said would be quote several trillion dollars in lost 46 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 3: revenues in Washington. Amy Morris, Bloomberg Radio. 47 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: Ukrainian charities and companies supplying the country's military warn that 48 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: problems are growing as Polish truck drivers continue to show 49 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: no sign of ending a month long border blockade. Pickup 50 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: trucks and tourniquits bound for Ukraine's battlefield are among items 51 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: stuck in a miles long line, as well as components 52 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: to build drones to fight off Russian forces, each facing 53 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: weeks of delays. There's a changing dynamic at office holiday parties. 54 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Nancy Lyons explains. 55 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 4: The end of your holiday party is getting a makeover 56 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 4: instead of dinner and drinks at a bar where workers 57 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 4: may regret their unprofessional behavior. Companies are moving away from 58 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 4: drinks as the centerpiece and opting to bring teams together 59 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 4: in other ways. Some are running out pickleball courts, others 60 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 4: booking virtual murder mysteries, even holding a guacamole making competition. 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 4: They're basically moving away from holiday themed events. I'm Nancy 62 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 4: lyons Bloomberg Radio. 63 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: That's the news when you want it with Bloomberg News. Now, 64 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: I'm Leslie Lado, and this is Bloomberg