China’s economic rebalancing remained intact as the first economic reports of 2016 signaled manufacturing weakened for a fifth straight month, the longest such streak since 2009, while a gauge of services rose to the highest level in more than a year. 

Beijing reports that industrial output continued to decline in December

As Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, inset, braces for another round of tough negotiations with creditors, savers are still reluctant to bet their money that this year's talks will be less perilous for their country's place in the Eurozone than 2015.

China's economic rebalancing remained intact as the first economic reports of 2016 signaled manufacturing weakened for a fifth straight month, the longest such streak since 2009, even as a gauge of services rose to the highest level...

The official China PMI edged up to 49.7 last month from a three-year low of 49.6 in November

The ruble weakened on its last trading day of 2015, extending its third annual slide as the plunging price of oil dimmed the outlook for a recovery in the Russian economy.