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  • Pertamina posts unaudited profit of Rp25 tln last year

    Mon, February 13 2012 22:36

    State oil and gas company Pertamina last year posted an unaudited net profit of Rp25.01 trillion, accounting for 118 percent of its target of Rp21.16 trillion..

  • House asks state banks to support housing financing scheme

    Mon, February 13 2012 22:24

    House Speaker Marzuki Alie has asked state-owned banks to support the government`s policy on a poor people`s housing financing scheme through a Housing Financing Liquidity Facility (FLPP)..

  • No more BUMN shares sold to foreign parties

    Mon, February 13 2012 20:27

    Privatization of state-owned companies (BUMN) in Indonesia would no longer be executed through strategic sales to foreign investors, a minister said on Monday..

  • Demand for wheat flour increases by six percent

    Mon, February 13 2012 19:54

    Demand for wheat flour would increase in Indonesia by six per cent from that last year, which was 4.7 million tonnes, the Indonesian Wheat Flour Producers Association (Aptindo) has predicted..

  • BI predicts 25 percent credit growth

    Mon, February 13 2012 19:19

    Bank Indonesia in Denpasar has projected a 25 percent credit growth in 2012 from the previous year, an official said..

  • BI Rate lowering spurs corporate bond issuance

    Mon, February 13 2012 18:16

    The central bank`s decision to cut its benchmark interest rate (BI Rate) from six per cent to 5.75 per cent is likely to spur this year`s corporate bond issuance, an analyst said on Monday..

  • Govt told to control food imports

    Mon, February 13 2012 01:17

    The government should control food imports which tend to increase due to the growing middle-class population in Indonesia, a spokesman said..

  • Maros to develop three types of tourism objects

    Sun, February 12 2012 17:05

    Maros district in South Sulawesi Province is to develop natural, historic, and agro tourism objects to improve regional revenue, Maros district head Hatta Rahman said here on Saturday..

  • RI`s 2011 payments balance posts 11.9 bln dollar surplus: BI

    Sat, February 11 2012 01:19

    Indonesia`s balance of payments in 2011 recorded a surplus of 11.9 billion US dollars consisting of current, capital and financial transactions, a Bank Indonesia (BI) or central bank official said. The current transactions surplus was supported by the country`s export performance which ....

  • OJK to have three executive commissioners

    Fri, February 10 2012 20:23

    The future Financial Services Authority (OJK) will have nine commissioners, including three executive commissioners, finance minister Agus Martowardojo said here on Friday..

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International
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