Thames Water to sell stake in Indonesia's Thames PAM Jaya to AcuaticoJakarta (ANTARA News) - PT Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ) said in a statement that its major shareholder, U.K.-based firm Thames Water Plc, has agreed to sell its entire 95 pct stake in the joint venture to Acuatico Pte Ltd for an...

House wants SOEs to pay more dividendsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe House of Representatives has asked the government to up its efforts to increase budget revenues from state companies, and ensure higher dividend payments next year.

Indonesia's data storage market still wide openAndi Haswidi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaDemand for data storage systems around the world will continue to increase, according to top data solutions provider Hitachi Data System, which also says that Indonesia has the fifth highest growth in Asia in the...

Big Friend, Small NewsSeptember, 28 2006 @ 10:07 amRoy TupaiVice President Jusuf Kalla boasts that his US visit will bring major benefits to the Indonesian people. Indeed? US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice hailed Indonesia as a "great friend", but apart from that, US officials have so far said...

Singapore visitor arrivals higher in August, led by IndonesiansSingapore (ANTARA News) - Singapore's visitor arrivals in August rose 7.2 percent from the same month last year to reach 870,000, the city-state's tourism board said Wednesday.

Bank BRI to allocate Rp13 trillion for biofuel plantation programJakarta (ANTARA News) - Publicly-listed Bank BRI will finance a biofuel plantation program with Rp13 trillion in the second semester of 2006 after the national bank allocated Rp6 trillion to Rp7 trillion for the scheme in the first...