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...finance, as in climate change, sometimes there are tipping points. In 2004, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) traded a modest $2.2 billion in weather futures - obscure derivatives that are linked to temperatures in 29 cities worldwide and that enable traders to bet on hot or cold spells. But the weather was unusually volatile in 2005: drought and floods in Europe, record heat in Australia and an active storm season capped by Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. By the end of the year, CME had traded $36 billion in weather futures...
...introduced an index in February comprised of bonds from firms with limited vulnerability to global warming. ABN Amro launched a Climate Change and Environment Index in March, tracking stocks in businesses like emissions reduction and water filtration. In April, UBS introduced a global-warming futures index based on the weather in 15 U.S. cities. Merrill Lynch launched an energy-efficiency index in July. And in September HSBC unveiled what it claims is the largest climate-change index to date, tracking the share prices of some 300 companies...
...opportunity to make good on a campaign promise—taking to the snow-sprinkled banks of the Charles River to join the members of the Alaska Klub for an 8 a.m. plunge on Saturday.On a morning where the real-feel temperature was 22 degrees, according to the Weather Channel, the newly elected leaders of the College’s student government proved their mettle, said Alaska Klub Co-President Robert J. Gage ’10.“I think the student body president should be able to jump into an icy river,” Gage said...
...breaking free at the Harvard blue line and firing an undeterred shot that went just wide.“We outshot them by quite a bit tonight, which is what we want to do,” MacDonald said. “But we need to be able to weather their pressure and score some goals.”The Crimson was unable to take advantage of its other odd-man opportunities as well, failing to launch a shot on two clear 2-on-1 chances.In the sixth minute of the third period, with the game tied at 1, sophomore...
...first person to arrive outside Des Moines' HyVee Center on Saturday morning - a mere seven hours before Oprah Winfrey would take the stage - was Heather Spurlin. Dressed for a long wait in snowy 12-degree weather, Spurlin, 37, is exactly the kind of person Barack Obama hoped Oprah would draw: a woman voter who knows what she's doing every day at 4pm, but isn't sure whom she'll support on Jan. 3. "Oprah's so personable and funny," said Spurlin, who's never caucused before but participated in an Obama campaign training session in order...