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        "msgid": "astra-profit-increases-by-8-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-10-30 00:00:00",
        "title": "Astra profit increases by 8%",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Astra profit increases by 8% Bloomberg, Jakarta PT Astra International, Indonesia's biggest auto distributor, said nine-month profit rose 8 percent as lower interest rates boosted demand for its cars. Net income in the nine months ended Sept. 30 rose to Rp 3.99 trillion (US$439 million) from Rp 3.70 trillion a year earlier, the company said in an e-mailed statement. Sales rose 32 percent to Rp 31.4 trillion from Rp 23.9 trillion.",
        "content": "<p>Astra profit increases by 8%<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>PT Astra International, Indonesia's biggest auto distributor,<br>\nsaid nine-month profit rose 8 percent as lower interest rates<br>\nboosted demand for its cars.<\/p>\n<p>Net income in the nine months ended Sept. 30 rose to Rp 3.99<br>\ntrillion (US$439 million) from Rp 3.70 trillion a year earlier,<br>\nthe company said in an e-mailed statement. Sales rose 32 percent<br>\nto Rp 31.4 trillion from Rp 23.9 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>Low interest rates, a growing economy and peaceful elections<br>\nthis year boosted consumer confidence. Benchmark rates on one-<br>\nmonth central bank bills averaged 7.5 percent in the first nine<br>\nmonths of the year, compared with 11 percent in the same period<br>\nlast year.<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta-based Astra sold 154,514 cars in the January-<br>\nSeptember period, or 38 percent more than the same period last<br>\nyear, the company said earlier this month. Motorcycle sales in<br>\nthe nine-month period rose 30 percent to 1.54 million units.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the nine-month profit rose less than a 10 percent<br>\nexpected gain President Director Budi Setiadharma gave earlier<br>\nthis week.<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta-based Astra, which is more than two-fifths owned by<br>\nSingapore-based Jardine Cycle &amp; Carriage Ltd., said it recorded<br>\nnet other income of Rp 1.01 trillion in the first nine months of<br>\nthe year from selling stakes in units, compared with Rp 1.87<br>\ntrillion in gains in the year-earlier period.<\/p>",
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