Despite the looming 2009 elections, Golkar turned the age-old script of how to get business backing on its head Wednesday, putting the begging bowl away and instead using a meeting to ask invited businessmen what the party could do for them.

Manado, N Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Ten foreign investment projects totaling US$37.93 million are carried out in North Sulawesi province this year, a local official has said."There were 18 foreign investment programs totaling $69.