Archive: 17 November 2006
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Fri, 17 Nov 2006
Indonesia 3rd quarter GDP grows 5.52 pct
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia's gross domestic product grew 3.49 pct in the third quarter compared to the previous three months and was up 5.52 pct year-on-year, said Central Bureau of Statistics chief Rusman Heriawan.The figures met market expectations.
Fri, 17 Nov 2006
Decline in foreign investment due to "bad luck"
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The decline in realized foreign invstment projects in the January-October 2006 period by 47.6 percent compared to a corresponding period last year was more caused by "bad luck" than anything else, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said here Thursday"There has indeed...
Fri, 17 Nov 2006
Pertamina & McKinsey scandal
In the last few weeks, Koran Tempo consistently run the story about ellegation that state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina appointed US consulting firm McKinsey without proper tender. Pertamina agrees to pay around US$15 million to McKinsey as consultant for transformation program.
Fri, 17 Nov 2006
Medan to have new international airport
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangState airports operator PT Angkasa Pura II is set to build a new Rp 3.3 trillion (about US$300 million) international airport at Kualanamu, about 24 kilometer northeast of Medan, North Sumatra, to replace the severely congested Medan Polonia airport.
Fri, 17 Nov 2006
Lenovo ups competition in local PC market
Armed with a new marketing strategy, China-based computer manufacturer Lenovo launched its first consumer-oriented products in Indonesia on Wednesday to tap into the country's growing personal-computer market.
Fri, 17 Nov 2006
McKinsey Appointed Without Tender
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Ari Sumarno, PT Pertamina Managing Director, has acknowledged the appointment of the consultant McKinsey for the transformation program was carried out without tender.The pattern of consultant appointment was by a 'beauty contest'.
Fri, 17 Nov 2006
Gas Company Targeting 2 Million Customers
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (the State Gas Company) is targeting to gain two million customers by 2010.Managing Director of the company W.M.P. Simandjuntak has said that in order to reach this target, the company requires capital expenditures of around US$1 billion or...