U.S. economic recovery outlook remains uncertain: Bernanke The outlook of the U.S. economic recovery remained uncertain, as the recovery was confronted with a set of domestic and external headwinds, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday. IMF urges LatAm economies to guard against crisis contagion The Latin America and the Caribbean economies should hope for the best and prepare for the worst, Nicolas Eyzaguirre, Director of the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department, cautioned in an article carried on the IMF blog on Thursday. China's electronics exports, imports up 11.5 pct in 2011 The export and import value of China-made electronics rose 11.5 percent year-on-year to 1.13 trillion U.S. dollars in 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Thursday. • China, ROK banks to facilitate currency exchange • China imports 10.93 mln tonnes of crude oil via China-Kazakhstan pipeline • HK's retail sales value up 23.4 pct • Securities regulator tightens IPO process • Microsoft launches ads campaign to slam Google over privacy policy More

China's chemical industry output to reach 14 trillion yuan by 2015 China's petroleum and chemical industry will expand at an annual rate of 13 percent annually during the 2011-2015 period, the country's industrial authority said Friday. Wall Street ends mixed ahead of monthly jobs data U.S. stocks ended narrowly mixed on Thursday as investors were cautiously awaiting the crucial monthly jobs data, which always set the tone for the market in a week or two. NYSE cancels merger deal with Deutsche Boerse NYSE Euronext announced Thursday the termination of its mega-merger deal with German stock exchange Deutsche Boerse after European regulators vetoed the deal.

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