Business
U.S. job market still on long path to recovery
U.S. unemployment rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.3 percent in January, but experts believe that the jobs growth was insufficient to cure the lingeringly sick labor market in the short run.
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.
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NYSE cancels merger deal with Deutsche Boerse
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IMF urges LatAm economies to guard against crisis contagion
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China's electronics exports, imports up 11.5 pct in 2011
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China, ROK banks to facilitate currency exchange
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China imports 10.93 mln tonnes of crude oil via China-Kazakhstan pipeline
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Gold snaps 3-session winning streak as safe-haven buying wanes
Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange ended moderately lower on Friday, as safe-haven buying dried up.
U.S. economic recovery speeds up: Obama
U.S. economic recovery was speeding up with the labor market improving, but the nation needed to take more steps to bolster the faltering recovery, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday.
IMF mission to visit Japan on economic discussions
A staff mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would visit Japan next week to discuss economic developments with the nation,the Washington- based global lender announced on Friday.
China Economy
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Entrepreneurs in east China return to real economy
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China's chemical industry output to reach 14 trillion yuan by 2015
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Banks urged to better serve real economy
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Southwest China to launch two foreign trade routes
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China's electricity supplies to remain tight this year
Industries
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Canada announces more pre-qualified innovations for commercialization support
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Volvo reports record high net sales in 2011
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Sri Lanka, U.S. discuss Iran oil imports
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China's chemical industry output to reach 14 trillion yuan by 2015
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Denmark's NKT, Norway's Subsea 7, sell oil pipeline business for 673 mln USD
World Economy
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IMF mission to visit Japan on economic discussions
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Ethnic Chinese make up 80 percent of Malaysia's top 40 richest: report
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U.S. unemployment rate edges down to 8.3% in January
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IMF urges Sri Lanka to tighten widening current account deficit
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Britain's economy to shrink 0.1% in 2012: thinktank
Trade
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Southwest China to launch two foreign trade routes
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Macao's trade deficit reaches 6.93 bln USD in 2011
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Indonesia,Pakistan sign Preferential Trade Agreement
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Indonesia, EU take steps to strengthen industrial ties
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New Zealand launches China Strategy
Finance
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Oil rises on positive U.S. jobs data
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Gold snaps 3-session winning streak as safe-haven buying wanes
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Swiss regulator opens investigation against UBS, Credit Suisse
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Banks urged to better serve real economy
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S.Korean shares fall ahead of U.S. jobs data
Opinion
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How to boost agro-technology
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Slowdown but no hard landing in 2012, economists say
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China aims to feed people through scientific and technological innovation
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Facebook IPO: a blessing mixed with curse
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Costly meal for Hainan
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China Jan. non-manufacturing PMI at 52.9
Bernanke: Fed to protect US economy
Facebook updates its status to "public"
EU blocks D. Boerse-NYSE merger
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Wen holds talks with Merkel
Chinese fishing boat captain repatriated
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U.S. charges oldest Swiss bank
Wikileak founder Assange extradition hearing concludes
NYSE cancels merger deal with Deutsche Boerse
Vitamin D deficiency may cause human infertility
Dozens dead in European cold snap: IFRC
388 injured in clashes in Cairo
Pakistani PM to appear in court in contempt case
Egyptian police,protesters clash after soccer riot in Cairo
New F1 car F2012 unveiled in Maranello
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Hackers intercept confidential FBI conference call
UN Security Council to meet on Syria Saturday morning
Iran dismisses Western sanctions
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Various lanterns displayed to greet Lantern Festival
Two kidnapped American tourists freed