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Good morning.

From the newsroom of the Financial Times. Today is Monday, December 17th, and this is your F.T. news briefing. Today we'll be looking at a possible extraordinary general meeting at Nissan, substantial international investments from Qatar, and pressure

from ExxonMobil investors to keep emissions down.

Then the FT's Laura Noonan is here's

to tell us why investment bank bonuses look like they may be lower this year.

I'm Eric Krupky and here's the news you need to start your day.

French carmaker Renault's chairman, Carlos Gone, is still in detention thanks to its Japanese

partner Nissan.

Now Renault has urged Nissan's board to call an extraordinary general meeting today.

Nissan and Renault are part of a now shaky alliance.

Under that alliance, both companies have limited options to make changes at the board and

senior management level.

Calling an extraordinary general meeting would allow Renault to make a proposal for these changes.

Otherwise, Renault will have to wait until June 2019.

That's when Nissan has its next scheduled general meeting.

Renault's acting chief executive Tierri Bolore sent a letter to Nissan counterpoint

Hiroto Saikawa over the weekend.

Mr Bolleray said he had deep concerns about the stability of the alliance,

after the indictment of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Gone.

Nissan reported Mr. Gone to prosecutors over pay disclosures.

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