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Manulife Indonesia president director and chief executive officer (CEO) Indren S. Naidoo (right) and Manulife Aset Manajemen Indonesia chief economist and investment strategist Katarina Setiawan talk on the sidelines of a press briefing in Jakarta on…
Indonesia’s inflation slowed to the weakest in almost seven years and fell below the central bank’s target, bolstering the case for further interest rate cuts by Bank Indonesia (BI). Consumer price gains eased to 2.79 per cent last month from a year earlier,…
Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman here on Thursday saw of the shipment 40 tons of organic rice produced by a farmer group of Simpatik in Mekar Wangi village, West Java to Belgium. The shipment marked eight years of organic rice export from the farmer…
KinerjaPay launched “I Love Indonesia” Campaign to promote selected premium local products in its marketplace. This campaign is also to celebrate Indonesia’s 71st Independence Day anniversary on 17 August 2016. It is also designed to increase people’s love…
Blackmores chief executive Christine Holgate is in Jakarta today to launch the company’s expansion into the Indonesian market. The Sydney-based vitamin and supplements company has been operating in China, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand for some years but…
Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Agus Martowardojo said the central bank still likely has a chance to relax its monetary policy in the second half of this year. “Seeing the condition in August, we can say that there is still a chance to slacken monetary policy…
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution wants to have an agency that protects customers of (financial technology/fintech) companies. The agency will also monitor and supervise fintech businesses to make sure they comply with existing laws…
Indonesia and Norway have agreed to expand energy cooperation and business-to-business contacts in various sectors of energy development. The agreement was reached during an Indonesia-Norway bilateral energy meeting in Stavanger recently, according to Hartyo…
HappyFresh, the Jakarta-based grocery delivery platform, announced yesterday it has raised an undisclosed Series B round while also revealing it will be consolidating operations and pulling out of the Philippines and Taiwan. The round was led Dubai-based…
Taiwan is eyeing as many as 200,000 tourists from Indonesia to visit Taiwan this year, or an increase from that in 2015, where at around 177,743 Indonesian tourists visiting Taiwan. Taiwan Tourism Bureau Director David Tsao said that to meet the target, it…
Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)’s chairman Khalid Almoayed alongside a number of board members and Acting CEO have met the Indonesian ambassador to Bahrain, Chilman Arisman. The meeting hailed the deep-rooted relation between the Kingdom of…
Thousands of tourists from Italy, France, Germany, Australia, and South Korea, among other things, were present to enliven the Togean Festival, opened by Central Sulawesi Vice Governor Soedarto in Tojo Unouno district on Saturday. Held from Augut 27 to 31,…
President Director of state-owned seaport operator PT Pelindo II Elvyn G. Masassya said the implementation of a single Internet-based electronic service or the Indonesia Port Net (Inaportnet) in Pelindo I to Pelindo IV has entered the finalization stage.…
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is scheduled to open the Indonesia Fintech Festival and Conference 2016 at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition, Tangerang, on 29th August 2016. The event is organized by the Financial Service Authority (OJK) and the Indonesia…
Bank Indonesia said many banks mainly branches of foreign banks have not complied with the call for setting aside at least 10 percent of their credits for micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) . Head of Bank Indonesias division for development of SMEs…
The National Energy Board (DEN) is asking state power company PLN to review its suggestion to formulate a new formula for the basic prices of electricity. The DEN believes a new price formula will bring benefits to the public. “Concept-wise, it is good. But…
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