Category: Indonesia
IBM Indonesia thinks it can help alleviate Jakarta traffic
Everyday, we hear the grumblings in Jakarta from our friends, our colleagues and ourselves as everyone faces the prospect of making their way through congested roads and [...]
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Yudhoyono buffeted by Indonesia fuel dilemma as election nears
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is under growing pressure to raise fuel prices and curb oil imports as currency risks persist and the window to act narrows [...]
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Indonesia open to interventions to defend currency
The central bank of Indonesia says it will make more interventions to make up liquidity shortage in the domestic dollar market as well as to prolong rupiah’s recent [...]
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16 killed in Indonesia landslides, nine missing: officials
Two landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 16 people and left nine others missing on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said Sunday. The National [...]
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Apple to open retail store in Jakarta this year
Good news to Apple fans and users in Indonesia. The company is launching its own online and retail store in the country within the year. The Indonesia Investment Coordinating [...]
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Stress may have lead entrepreneur to suicide
The Jakarta Police said on Friday that based on witness testimonies, deputy treasurer of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (HIPMI) Sudiro Andi Wiguno, 35, could [...]
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Pertamina subsidiaries get green light for 2013 IPOs
The State Enterprises Ministry has given its approval for subsidiaries of state oil and gas company Pertamina to go public in June 2013, deputy minister Mahmuddin Yasin said [...]
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Indonesia bid to control rain to avert more floods
Indonesian authorities will use generators and cloud-seeding measures to defuse and push away rain-laden clouds to avoid more flooding that has paralysed Jakarta, an official [...]
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Indonesia warned off trade pact
A growing Indonesia-America economic relationship does not mean Indonesia should join the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to John Riady, the chair of the [...]
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Editorial: In Davos, Indonesia heading right way
Indonesia is among the star performers at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, as the focus shifts from economic crisis to sustaining long-term growth. The [...]
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Indonesia reignites debate on re-dominating currency
Agus Martowardojo says the state of the nation’s economy is conducive enough to slash a few zeros from the Rupiah. Currently $1 will buy almost 10,000 Rupiah. Efforts [...]
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Indonesia zeroes in on currency
Dutch tourist Margaret Masteling didn’t know one of her most memorable sights in Indonesia would be right on its bank notes. The rupiah has zeros – lots of them. [...]
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Indonesia breaks new records in FDI realisation
Indonesia saw a record high level of investment realisation in 2012, thanks to a 22.4 percent jump in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the fourth quarter, as the [...]
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Cocoa exports from Indonesia seen lowest since ’01 on grind
Cocoa bean exports from Indonesia, the largest producer after Ivory Coast and Ghana, will decline for the fourth straight year to the lowest in more than a decade on [...]
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Govt committee rejects Pos Indonesia, Pegadaian IPOs
A government privatisation committee has withheld its approval for the initial public offering plans of state mail company Pos Indonesia and state pawnshop operator [...]
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